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bundles, and laid them feverally atTerreeoboo's feet : fpread- _ *779- 



J .*■ 1'ebruary. 



ing out the cloth, and difplaying the feathers, and iron- * ^—- ' 



ware, before him. The king learned much pleafed with 

 this mark of their duty; and having felected about a third 

 part of the iron-ware, the fame proportion of feathers, 

 and a few pieces of cloth, thefe were fet afide, by themfelves ; 

 and the remainder of the cloth, together with all the hogs 

 and vegetables, were afterward prefented to Captain Cook, 

 and myfelf. We were aftonifhed at the value and magni- 

 tude of this prefent, which far exceeded every thing of the 

 kind we had feen, either at the Friendly or Society Iflands. 

 Boats were immediately fent, to carry them on board ; the 

 large hogs were picked out, to be falted for fea-flore j and 

 upward of thirty fmaller pigs, and the vegetables, were di- 

 vided between the two crews. 



The fame day, we quitted the Moral, and got the tents and 

 agronomical inflruments on board. The charm of the taboo 

 was now removed ; and we had no fooner left the place, than 

 the natives rufhed in, and fearched eagerly about, in ex- 

 pectation of finding fomething of value, that we might 

 have left behind. As I happened to remain the laft on fhore, 

 and waited for the return of the boat, feveral came crowd- 

 ing about me, and having made me fit clown by them, be- 

 gan to lament our feparation. It was, indeed, not without: 

 difficulty, I was able to quit them. And here, I hope I may 

 be permitted to relate a trifling occurrence, in which I was 

 principally concerned. Having had the command of the 

 party on fhore, during the whole time we were in the bay, 

 I had an opportunity of becoming better acquainted with 

 the natives, and of being better known to them, than thofe 

 whofe duty required them to be generally on board. As I 

 had every reafon to be fatisfied with their kindnefs, in ge- 

 neral 



