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Very early next morning, the natives visited them again, 

 in much greater numbers than before ; bringing with them 

 bread-fruit, plantains, and one pig, all of which they ex- 

 changed. But in this traffic they would frequently keep 

 their goods and make no return, till at last the Captain was 

 obliged to fire a musket ball over one man who had several 

 times served them in this manner ; after which they dealt 

 more fairly, and soon after several of them came on board. 

 As the Captain was going in a boat, to look for a more 

 convenient place to moor the ship in, he observed too many 

 of the natives on board, and advised the officers to be on 

 their guard. He had hardly got into the boat, before he 

 was told they had stolen one of the iron stanchions, and 

 were making off with it. He ordered them to fire over the 

 canoe, but not to kill any one ; but the natives made too 

 much noise for him to be heard, and the unhappy thief 

 was killed at the third shot. 



At this sad accident, all the natives retired with precipita- 

 tion. The Captain followed them into the bay, and pre- 

 vailed upon the people in one canoe to come alongside the 

 boat, and receive some nails, and other things which he gave 

 them. One would have thought that the natives by this 

 time would have been so sensible of the effect of firearms, 

 as not to have pfl^voked them to fire upon them any more ; 

 but the event proved otherwise. For the boat had no sooner 

 left the kedge anchor, than two men in the canoe put off 

 from the shore, took hold of the buoy rope, and attempted 

 to drag it ashore, little considering what was fast to it. The 

 Captain ordered a musket to be fired at them. The ball 

 fell short, and they took not the least notice of it ; but a 

 second having passed over them, they let go the buoy 

 and made for the shore. This was the last shot they had 

 occasion to fire at any of them while they lay at this place. 

 It probably had more effect than killing the man, by showing 

 them that they were not safe at any distance. 



On the 10th, early in the morning, some people from more 

 distant parts came in canoes alongside, and sold them 

 some pigs ; so that they had now sufficient to give the crew 

 a fresh meal. After dinner Captain Cook went on shore, 

 and collected eighteen pigs. 



Next morning he went down to the same place where he 

 had been the preceding evening ; but instead of getting 

 pigs, as he expected, found the scene quite changed. The 

 nails and other things they were mad after but the evening 

 before, they now despised. The reason was, several of 

 the young gentlemen having landed the preceding day, had 

 given away in exchange various articles which the people 

 had not seen before, and which took with them more' than 

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