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which did not tend to lefTen my fufpicions. I muft confefs, *ft9- 



' * rebruary. 



I had long harboured an unfavourable opinion of this man. * u ', 

 The pricfts had always told us, that he was of a malicious 

 difpofition, and no friend of ours; and the repeated detec- 

 tions of his fraud and treachery, had convince4 us of the 

 truth of their reprefcntations. Add to all this, the mocking 

 tranfaction of the morning, in which he was feen acting a 

 principal part, made me feel the urmoft horror at finding 

 myfelf fo near him ; and as he came up to me with feigned 

 tears, and embraced me, I was fo diftruftful of his inten- 

 tions, that I could not help taking hold of the point of the 

 pahovah, which he held in his hand, and turning it from 

 me. I told him, that I had come to demand the body of 

 Captain Cook ; and to declare war againft them, unlefs it 

 was inftantly reftored. He aiTured me this fhould be done 

 as foon as pollible ; and that he would go himfelf for that 

 purpofe ; and, afrer begging of me a piece of iron, with 

 much afTurance, as if nothing extraordinary had happened, 

 he leaped into the fea, and fwam afhore, calling out to his 

 countrymen, that we were all friends again. 



We waited near an hour, with great anxiety for his re- 

 turn ; during which time, the reft of the boats had ap- 

 proached fo near the fhore, as to enter into converfation 

 with a party of the natives, at fome diftance from us ; by 

 whom they were plainly given to underftand, that the body 

 had been cut to pieces, and carried up the country; but of 

 this circumftance I was not informed, till our return to the 

 fhips. 



I began now to exprefs fome impatience at Koah's delay; 



upon which the Chiefs prefled me exceedingly to come on 



fhore ; alluring me, that if I would go myfelf to Terreeoboo, 



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