A VOYAGE TO 



'">• an opportunity of fighting us; to which the blowing of 



> *. — , the conchs, we had heard in the morning, was meant as a 



challenge. 



We learned from thefe men, that feventeen of their coun- 

 trymen were killed in the fir ft action at Kowrowa, of whom 

 :five were Chiefs; and that Kaneenaand his brother, our 

 very particular friends, were unfortunately of that number. 

 Eight, they faid, were killed at the obfervatory ; three of 

 whom were alfo of the firft rank. 



About eleven o'clock, our two friends left us, and took 

 the precaution to defire, that our guard-boat might attend 

 them, till they had paffed the Difcovery, left they mould 

 again be fired upon, -which might alarm their countrymen 

 on more, and expofe them to the danger of being difco- 

 vered. This requeft was complied with; and we had the 

 fatisfaftion to find, that they got fafe and undifcovered to 

 land. 



During the remainder of this night, we heard the fame 

 loud howling and lamentations, as in the preceding one. 

 Tuefday 16. Early in the morning, we received another vifit from Koah. 

 J muft confefs, I was a little piqued to find, that, notwith- 

 standing the moft evident marks of treachery in his con- 

 duct, and the pofitive teftimony of our friends the pricfts, he 

 mould flill be permitted to carry on the fame farce, and to 

 make us at leaft appear to be the dupes of his hypocrify. 

 Indeed our fnuation was become extremely awkward and 

 unpromiung; none of the purpofes for which this pacific 

 courfe of proceeding had been adopted, having hitherto 

 been in the leaft forwarded by it. No fatisfactory anfwer 

 whatever had been given to our demands ; we did not feem 

 to be at all advanced toward a reconciliation with the 



iflanders •, 



