90 cook's voyage to march, 



prince and his father-in-law, with many other chiefs 

 of that party, came on board the Resolution, and 

 made several curious and valuable presents to Captain 

 Gierke. Amongst the former, were some fish-hooks, 

 which they assured us were made of the bones of our 

 old friend Terreeoboo's father, who had been killed 

 in an unsuccessful descent upon the island of Woahoo ; 

 and a fly flap, presented to him by the prince's sister, 

 the handle of which was a human bone, that had 

 been given her as a trophy by her father-in-law. 

 Young Teavee was not of the company, being en- 

 gaged, as we were told, in performing some religious 

 ceremonies, in consequence of the victory he had 

 obtained, which were to last twenty days. 



This and the two following days were employed 

 on shore in completing the Discovery's water; and 

 the carpenters were busy on board, in caulking the 

 ships, and in making other preparations for our next 

 cruise. The natives desisted from giving us any 

 further disturbance; and we procured from them a 

 plentiful supply of pork and vegetables. 



At this time, an Indian brought a piece of iron on 

 board theDiscovery, to be fashioned into the shape of 

 pahooa. It was carefully examined both by the 

 officers and men, and appeared to be the bolt of some 

 large ship timbers. They were not able to discover 

 to what nation it belonged ; but from the pale colour* 

 of the iron, and its not corresponding in shape to our 

 bolts, they concluded that it certainly was not English. 

 This led them to make a strict inquiry of the native, 

 when and where he got it; and if they comprehended 

 him right, it had been taken out of a piece of timber, 

 larger than the cable bit, to which he pointed. This 

 piece of wood, they farther understood from him, 

 to have been driven upon their island, since we 

 were here in January 1778. 



* It was evident, that the iron we found in possession of the na- 

 tives at Nootka Sound, and which was mostly made into knives, 

 was of a much paler sort than ours. 



