THIRD VOYAGE 393 



" REMARKS ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SLOOP THE ' RESOLUTION/ 

 AT OIOHY'HE. 



" Sunday, 14th February, 1779. 



" Ever since our arrival here, upon this our second visit, we 

 have observed in the natives a stronger propensity to theft than we 

 had reason to complain of during our former stay ; every day pro- 

 duced more numerous and more audacious depredations. To-day 

 they behaved so ill on board the Discovery, that I was obliged 

 to order them all out of the ship, which 1 find was likewise the 

 case on board the Resolution. None but the principal people 

 were suffered on board. However, we let them lay alongside in 

 their canoes, and amuse themselves as they thought proper. In 

 the afternoon, I had a present of a cloak and a hog from Terre'aboo, 

 who, with his retinue, made me a visit. In the evening they left 

 the ship, and soon after a principal aree, whose name was 

 Ter'rare, called on board. During my stay in the cabin with them, 

 a rascal by some means got up the ship's side, ran across the deck 

 in the face of everybody there, snatched the armourer's tongs, 

 together with a chisel, and jumped overboard. This was done 

 so instantaneously, that the fellow was in the water before our 

 people well saw what the fellow was about. A canoe immediately 

 took him in, and made for shore. I heard the alarm, ran upon 

 deck, and, being made acquainted with the business, ordered the 

 people to fire at them. At the same time, Mr. Edgar, the master, 

 put off in the small cutter in chase of the canoe, which was presently 

 out of the reach of our muskets. However, as I saw the Resolution's 

 pinnace join the chase, and Captain Cook run along shore to intercept 

 the fellow's landing, I concluded it impossible for him to escape all ; 

 and the closing of the evening preventing a farther prospect of the 

 business, I was very easy, expecting soon to have the boat back 

 with the tongs, etc. ; but it was near eight before Mr. Edgar re- 

 turned and then with such a story as I was a good deal hurt at. In 

 the first place, Captain Cook was led altogether out of the way by 

 those who undertook to be his guides. The pinnace and cutter 

 pursued and ran the canoe where the culprit had taken refuge on 

 shore, when the stolen goods were brought off and returned them ; 

 but Mr. Edgar, thinking some punishment ought to be inflicted for 

 such infamous conduct, he seized the canoe which brought off the 

 thief. The boat happened to be that of Per 'rare 's, that had brought 

 him on board, and was waiting his pleasure, whilst he was with me 

 in the cabin. This looks very suspicious in Mr. Per'rare ; but if he 

 did give countenance to these thefts, he added shameful ingratitude 

 to his perfidy, for I had at various times been very attentive and 

 liberal to him. However, he left me soon after the theft had been 

 committed, with a promise of a speedy return with the plunder 

 which, to do him justice, he had frequently in these cases retrieved 

 for me. He reached the shore as soon as our boat, when, finding 

 his own canoe in danger, he strenuously opposed the seizure, and 

 soon raised too numerous a mob for our boat's crew to deal with ; 

 who, not readily giving up their capture, were warmly attacked by 

 Per'rare and his gang he had mustered, with stones, clubs, etc. 

 It unfortunately happened that both the boats were destitute of 

 fire-arms (our friendly connections having lulled us into too great > 



