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questions they asked was for Tupia, the person brought 

 from Otaheite on the former voyage ; and they seemed to 

 express some concern, when they told them he was 

 dead. 



One of these people, Captain Cook took and showed him 

 some potatoes, planted there by Mr. Fannen, master of the 

 Endeavour. There seemed to be no doubt of their succeed- 

 ing ; and the man was so well pleased with them, that he, 

 of his own accord, began to hoe the earth up about the 

 plants. They next took him to the other gardens, and 

 showed him the turnips, carrots, and parsnips ; roots which, 

 together with the potatoes, will be of more real use to them, 

 than any other articles they had planted. It was easy to 

 give them an idea of these roots, by comparing them with 

 such as they knew. 



Two or three families of these people now took up their 

 abode near the ships, employing themselves daily in fishing, 

 and supplying them with the fruits of their labour ; the good 

 effects of which were soon felt, for they were far more 

 expert fishermen than the English. 



On the 2nd of June, the ships being nearly ready to put 

 to sea, Captain Cook sent on shore two goats, male and 

 female. Captain Furneaux also put on shore, in Cannibal 

 Cove, a boar and two breeding sows ; so that there was 

 reason to hope this country would in time be stocked with 

 these animals, if they were not destroyed by the natives 

 before they become wild ; for afterwards there would be 

 no danger. 



Early the next morning, some of the natives brought a 

 large supply of fish. One of them desired Captain Cook 

 to give his son a white shirt, which he accordingly did. 

 The boy was so fond of his new dress, that he went all 

 over the ship, presenting himself before every one that 

 came in his way. This freedom, used by him, offended 

 " Old Will " the ram goat, who gave him a butt with his 

 horns, and knocked him backward on the deck. Will 

 would have repeated his blow, had not some of the people 

 come to the boy's assistance. The misfortune, however, 

 seemed to him irreparable. The shirt was dirtied, and he 

 was afraid to appear in the cabin before his father, until 

 brought in by Mr. Forster ; when he told a very lamentable 

 story against Goury the great dog (for so they called all the 

 quadrupeds that were on board), nor could he be reconciled, 

 till the shirt was washed and dried. 



About nine o'clock, a large double canoe, in which were 

 twenty or thirty people, appeared in sight. The natives 

 on board seemed much alarmed, saying that these were 

 their enemies. Two of them, the one with a spear, and 



