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On coming on board, he had feen the heads of his coun- V79- 

 trymen lying on the deck, at which he was exceedingly , Feb _ r " ary ^ 

 mocked, and dcfired, with great earneftncfs, that they mio-ht 

 be thrown over-board. This requeft Captain Clerke inftant- 

 ly ordered to be complied with. 



In the evening, the watering party returned on board, 

 having met with no farther interruption. We pa/Ted a 

 gloomy night; the cries and lamentations we heard on more 

 being far more dreadful than ever. Our only confolaiion 

 was, the hope that we mould have no occafion, in future, 

 for a repetition of fuch fevcritics. 



It is very extraordinary, that, amidfl: all thcfe disturbances, 

 the women of the ifland, who were on board, never offered 

 to leave us, nor difcovcred the fmalleft apprehenfions either 

 for thcmfclves or their friends afliore. So entirely uncon- 

 cerned did they appear, that fomc of them, who were on 

 deck when the town was in flames, feemed to admire the 

 fight, and frequently cried out, that it was maitai, or very 

 fine. 



The next morning, Koah came off as ufual to the mips. Thurfdayi*. 

 As there cxiftcd no longer any neceflity for keeping terms 

 with him, I was allowed to have my own way. When he 

 approached toward the fide of the lhip, finging hisfong, and 

 offering me a hog, and fomc plantains, I ordered him to 

 keep off, cautioning him never to appear again without 

 Captain Cook's bones, left his life mould pay the forfeit of 

 his frequent breach of promife. He did not appear much 

 mortified with this reception, but went immediately on 

 more, and joined a party of his countrymen, who were 

 pelting the waterers with flones. The body of the young 

 man, who had been killed the day before, was found 



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