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part with me at that time, but that he should return to the 

 island next year, and would then endeavour to settle the 

 matter to their satisfaction. 



" Earty in the morning of the 4th of February, we un- 

 moored and sailed out of the bay, and were followed by a 

 great number of canoes. Captain Cook's design was to 

 finish the survey of Owhyhee before he visited the other 

 islands, in hopes of meeting with a road better sheltered 

 than the bay we had just left. 



" We had calm weather this and the following day, which 

 made our progress to the northward very slow. In the 

 morning of the 6th, having passed the westernmost point of 

 the island, we found ourselves abreast of a deep bay, called 

 by the natives Toe-yah-yah. We had great hopes that this 

 bay would furnish us with a safe and commodious harbour, 

 as we saw to the north-east several fine streams of water. 

 On examination, however, it was found 'unfit for our 

 purpose. 



" After encountering some gales of wind with immaterial 

 damage, on the 8th, at day-break, we found that the fore- 

 mast had given way. This accident induced Captain Cook 

 to return to Karakakooa Bay. On the 10th, the weather 

 became moderate, and a few canoes came off to us, from 

 which we learnt that the late storm had done much mischief, 

 and that several large canoes had been lost. During the 

 remainder of the day we kept beating to windward, and 

 before night we were within a mile of the bay ; but not 

 choosing to run on while it was dark, we stood off and 

 on till daylight next morning, when we dropt anchor nearly 

 in the same place as before. 



" We were employed the whole of the llth, and part 

 of the 12th, in getting out the foremast, and sending it, 

 with the carpenters, on shore. As these repairs were likely 

 to take up several days, Mr. Bayly and myself got the 

 astronomical apparatus on shore the 12th, and pitched our 

 tents on the morai, having with us a guard of a corporal 

 and six marines. We renewed our friendly correspondence 

 with the priests, who, for the greater security of the work- 

 men and their tools, tabooed the place where the mast lay, 

 sticking their wands round it as before. The sailmakers 

 were also sent on shore, to repair the damages which had 

 taken place in their department during the late gales. 



" Upon coming to anchor, we were surprised to find 

 our reception very different from what it had been on our 

 first arrival ; no shouts, no bustle, no confusion ; but a 

 solitary bay, with only here and there a canoe stealing close 

 along the shore. The impulse of curiosity, which had before 

 operated to so great a degree, might now, indeed, be 



