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A VOYAGE TO 



'779- ihipman, who had been with Captain Cook in his two laft 

 voyages, to the vacant Lieutenancy. During the whole 

 day, we met with no interruption from the natives; and, at 

 night, the launch was again moored with a top-chain ; and 

 guard-boats flationed round both mips as before. 



About eight o'clock, it being very dark, a canoe was heard 

 paddling toward the fhip ; and as foon as it was feen, both 

 the ientinels on deck fired into it. There were two perfons 

 in the canoe, and they immediately roared out " Ttnnee" 

 (which was the way in which they pronounced my name), 

 and faid they were friends, and had fomething for me be- 

 longing to Captain Cook. When they came on board, they 

 threw themfelves at our feet, and appeared exceedingly 

 frightened. Luckily neither of them was hurt, notwith- 

 standing the balls of both pieces had gone through the 

 canoe. One of them was the perfon, whom I have before 

 mentioned under the name of the Taboo man, who con- 

 stantly attended Captain Cook with the circumftances of ce- 

 remony I have already delcribcd; and who, though a man 

 of rank in the ifland, could fcarcely be hindered from per- 

 forming for him the lo\veft offices of a menial fervant. 

 After lamenting, with abundance of tears, the lofs of the 

 Orono, he told us, that he had' brought us a part of his 

 body. He then prefented to us a fmall bundle wrapped up 

 in cloth, which he brought under his arm ; and it is im- 

 polliblc to defcribe the horror which feized us, on finding 

 in it, a piece of human flefh, about nine or ten pounds 

 weight. This, he faid, was all that remained of the body; 

 that the reft was cut to pieces, and burnt ; but that the 

 head and all the bones, except what belonged to the trunk, 

 were in the pofleflion of Terreeoboo, and the other Erees ; 

 that what we faw had been allotted to KaoOj the chief of 

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