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before we left them. Accordingly, I gave to two of their 

 chiefs two pigs, a boar, and a sow. They made me a 

 promise not to kill them, though I must own I put no great 

 faith in this. The animals which Captain Furneaux sent on 

 shore here, and which soon after fell into the hands of the 

 natives, I was now told were all dead ; but I was after- 

 wards informed that Tiratou, a chief, had a great many 

 cocks and hens in his possession, and one of the sows. 



" We had not been long at anchor near Mortuara, before 

 three or four canoes, filled with natives, came off to us from 

 the south-east side of the Sound, and a brisk "trade was 

 carried on with them for the curiosities of this place. In 

 one of these canoes was Kahoora, leader of the party who 

 cut off the crew of the Adventure's boat. This was the 

 third time he had visited us, without betraying the smallest 

 appearance of fear. 



" Next morning he returned again with his whole family, 

 men, women, and children, to the number of twenty and 

 upwards. Omai was the first who acquainted me with his 

 being alongside the ship, and desired to know if he should 

 ask him to come on board. I told him he might ; and 

 accordingly he introduced the chief into the cabin ; saying, 

 ' There is Kahoora ; kill him I ' He afterwards expostu- 

 lated with me very earnestly, saying, ' Why do you not kill 

 him ? You tell me if a man kills another in England, that he 

 is hanged for it. This man has killed ten, and yet you will 

 not kill him, though many of his countrymen desire it ; and 

 it would be very good/ Omai's arguments, though specious 

 enough, having no weight with me, I desired him to ask 

 the chief why he had killed Captain Furneaux's people ? 

 At this question Kahoora folded his arms, hung down his 

 head, and looked like one caught in a trap ; and I firmly 

 believe he expected instant death. But no sooner was he 

 assured of his safety, than he became cheerful. He did not, 

 however, seem willing to give me an answer to the question 

 that had been put to him, till I had, again and again, 

 repeated my promise that he should not be hurt. Then 

 he ventured to tell us, that one of his countrymen having 

 brought a stone hatchet to barter, the man to whom it was 

 offered took it, and would neither return it, nor give any 

 thing for it ; on which the owner of it snatched up the 

 bread as an equivalent, and then the quarrel began. 



" For some time before we arrived at New Zealand, Omai 

 had expressed a desire to take one of the natives with him to 

 his own country. We had not been there many days, before 

 he had an opportunity of being gratified in this ; for a 

 youth, about seventeen or eighteen years of age, named 

 Taweiharooa, offered to accompany him. Finding that 



