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A VOYAGE TO 



■779- 

 February. 



WcJncf. 3. 



and though the prefent was, in every refpecT:, infinitely in- 

 ferior, yet the aftonifhment of the natives was not lefs. 



I have before mentioned, that the carpenters, from both 

 fhips, had been fent up the country to cut planks, for the 

 head rail-work of the Refolution. This was the third day 

 fince their departure j and having received no intelligence 

 from them, we began to be very anxious for their fafety. 

 We were communicating our apprehenfions to old Kaoo, who 

 appeared as much concerned as ourfelves, and were concert- 

 ing meafures with him, for fending after them, when they 

 arrived all fefe. They had been obliged to go farther into 

 the country than was expected, before they met with trees 

 fit for their purpofe ; and it was this circumftance, together, 

 with the badnefs of the roads, and the difficulty of bring- 

 ing back the timber, which had detained them fo long. 

 They fpoke in high terms of their guides, who both fup- 

 plied them with provifions, and guarded their tools with the 

 utmoft fidelity. 



The next day, being fixed for our departure, Terreeoboo 

 invited Captain Cook and myfelf to attend him, on the 3d, 

 to the place, where Kaoorefulcd. On our arrival, we found 

 the ground covered with parcels of cloth ; a vaft quantity of 

 red and yellow feathers, tied to the fibres of cocoa-nut 

 hufks; and a great number of hatchets, and other pieces of 

 iron-ware, that had been got in barter from us. At a little 

 diftance from thefe, lay an immenfe quantity of vegetables, 

 of every kind, and near them was a large herd of hogs. Ac 

 lirft, we imagined the whole to be intended as a prefent for 

 us, till Kaireekcca informed me, that it was a gift, or tri- 

 bute, from the people of that diflrict to the king ; and, ac- 

 cordingly, as foon as we were featcd, they brought all the 



bundles, 



