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dill waiting for him near our buoy, and which 

 quickly made off. Half an hour after, we 

 thought that we jQiw her again approaching 

 flowly aflern of our fliip, to look for the iflander 

 whom we had jufl laid hold of. Inllantly our 

 yaw 1 rowed after her as hard as the men could 

 pullj and, having come up with her, they found 

 in her only one native and two paddles : but it 

 was foon perceived that ilie had brought us ano- 

 ther thief; the latter had lurked about thefliip 

 till the arrival of another canoe, which was 

 come to take him out, in order to carry him on 

 fhore. As foon as this canoe was perceived, 

 fhe was chafed ; but the natives who were in 

 her paddled with fo much ftrength, that it was 

 impofTible to overtake them. 



Citizen Beauprc returned about three o'clock 

 in the morning with ^ovga, after having dif- 

 covered, to the north-weft, the paHage which 

 this iflander had defcribed to us. They had 

 ranged very clofe along Attataa, which they 

 had left on their larboard hand on quitting our 

 anchorage. The chief of this little iiland, 

 named Repay had been to meet them, and had 

 given them a very good recej)tion. He came 

 to fee us in thie moniing, and inquired after 

 Caprain Cook, who, he told us, was iiis friend; 

 but he was unable to relirain his rear.^ on Icarn- 

 in>r his death ; and he drew from hii gir^ile a 



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