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fact, went himself in the pinnace, to receive them ; 

 and ordered me to attend him in the cutter. When 

 we arrived at the beach, Eappo came into the pin- 

 nace, and delivered to the captain the bones wrapped 

 up in a large quantity of fine new cloth, and covered 

 with a spotted cloak of black and white feathers. 

 He afterward attended us to the Resolution, but 

 could not be prevailed upon to go on board ; pro- 

 bably not choosing, from a sense of decency, to be 

 present at the opening of the bundle. We found in 

 it both the hands of Captain Cook entire, which were 

 well known from a remarkable scar on one of them, 

 that divided the thumb from the fore-finger, the 

 whole length of the metacarpal bone ; the skull, but 

 with the scalp separated from it, and the bones that 

 form the face wanting ; the scalp, with the hair upon 

 it cut short, and the ears adhering to it ; the bones 

 of both arms, with the skin of the fore-arms hanging 

 to them ; the thigh and leg-bones joined together, 

 but without the feet. The ligaments of the joints 

 were entire ; and the whole bore evident marks of 

 having been in the fire, except the hands, which had 

 the flesh left upon them, and were cut in several 

 places, and crammed with salt, apparently with an 

 intention of preserving them. The scalp had a cut 

 in the back part of it, but the skull was free from any 

 fracture. The lower jaw and feet, which were want- 

 ing, Eappo told us, had been seized by different 

 chiefs, and that Terreeoboo was using every means 

 to recover them. 



The next morning, Eappo, and the king's son, 

 came on board, and brought with them the remaining 

 bones of Captain Cook ; the barrels of his gun, his 

 shoes, and some other trifles that belonged to him. 

 Eappo took great pains to convince us, that 

 Terreeoboo, Maiha-maiha, and himself were most 

 heartily desirous of peace ; that they had given us 

 the most convincing proof of it in their power ; and 

 that they had been prevented from giving it sooner 



