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remained on more, and took up their abode at the priefls 1779. 

 houfes. During all this time, not a canoe was feen in , J a ™^>" 

 the bay, and the natives either kept within their huts, 

 or lay proftrate on the ground. Before the king left the 

 Refolution, Captain Cook obtained leave for the natives to 

 come and trade with the fliips as ufual ; but the women 

 for what reafon we could not learn, ftill continued under the 

 effe&s of the taboo \ that is, were forbidden to flir from 

 home, or to have any communication with us. 



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