54 CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES 



and customs of these people must attract the attention of 

 the curious reader, we cannot omit Tayota's behaviour upon 

 recovering from his fright, occasioned by his being kid- 

 napped. He produced a fish, and acquainted Tupia that he 

 designed to make an offering of it to his God, or Eatua, as a 

 testimonial of his gratitude for his deliverance. Tupia 

 approved of his intention, and by his direction the fish 

 was cast into the sea. This is an evident proof that even 

 these unenlightened savages, by the mere impulse of nature, 

 believe in the existence of a particular providence. 



The Endeavour now passed a small island, white and high, 

 supposed to be inhabited only by fishermen, as it appeared 

 quite barren, and was named Bare Island ; on the 17th, 

 Captain Cook gave the name of Cape Turnagain to a 

 headland. 



The land between this cape and Kidnappers' Bay is 

 unequal arid resembles the high downs of England. There 

 appeared numerous inhabitants, and several villages. 

 Wednesday, the 18th, the Endeavour came abreast of a 

 peninsula in Portland Island, named Terakako, when a 

 canoe, with five Indians, came up to the ship. Two chiefs, 

 who were in this canoe, came on board, where they remained 

 all night, and were treated with great civility. The chiefs 

 would neither eat nor drink, but the servants made up for 

 their masters' abstinence by their voracious appetites 

 The three boys had given these natives an account of the 

 hospitality and liberality of the English, which had pre- 

 vailed upon them to pay this visit. 



Thursday, the 19th, the Endeavour passed a remarkable 

 headland, which Captain Cook named Gable End Foreland. 

 Here three canoes came up, and one Indian came on board, 

 he received some small presents, and retired to his com- 

 panions. He wore a new garment of white silky flax, 

 with a border of black, red, and white. 



On the 20th, they anchored in a bay, about two leagues to 

 the north of the Foreland., The natives, in canoes, invited 

 them hither, and behaved very amicably. There appeared 

 to be two chiefs, who came on board. They received 

 presents of linen, which gave them much satisfaction ; but 

 they did not hold spike-nails in such estimation as the 

 inhabitants of some of the other islands. Captain Cook, 

 Mr. Banks, and Dr. Solander, went on shore, and were 

 courteously received by the inhabitants, who did not appear 

 in numerous bodies, to avoid giving offence. The captain 

 had the satisfaction to find fresh water in the course of a 

 tour round the bay. They remained on shore all night. 

 Dogs, with small pointed ears, and very ugly, were the only 

 tame animals seen here. They have sweet potatoes, like 



