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«7?9- The fame good humour was preferved throughout, which wc 

 before fo much admired in the Friendly lflanders. As thefe 

 games were given at our defire, we found it was univerfally 

 expect;. !, that we fhould have borne our part in them > 

 but our people, though much prefTed by the natives, turned 

 a deaf ear to their challenge, remembering full well the 

 blows they got at the Friendly lflands. 



This day died William Watman, a fcaman of the gun- 

 ner's crew ; an event which I mention the more particu- 

 larly, as death had hitherto been very rare amongft us. 

 He was an old man, and much refpected on account of his 

 attachment to Captain Cook. He had formerly ferved as a 

 marine twenty-one years ; after which he entered as a fea- 

 man on board the llefolution in 1772, and ferved with Cap- 

 tain Cook in his voyage toward the South Pole. At their 

 return, he was admitted into Greenwich hofpital, through 

 the Captain's intercft, at the fame time with himfclf ; and 

 being refolved to follow throughout the fortunes of his 

 benefactor, he alfo quitted it along with him, on his being 

 appointed to the command of the prefent expedition. 

 During the voyage, he had frequently been fubject to flight 

 fevers, and was a convalescent when we came into the bay, 

 where being fent on fhore for a few days, he conceived him- 

 fclf perfectly recovered, and, at his own defire, returned on 

 board; but the day following, he had a paralytic ftroke, 

 which in two days more carried him off. 



At the rcqucfl of the king of the ifland, he was buried 

 on the Moral, and the ceremony was performed with as 

 much folemnity as our fituation permitted. Old Kaoo and 

 his brethren were fpectators, and preferved the moft pro- 

 found fjflcncc and attention, whilft the fervice was reading. 



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