CHAPTEE V 



OTAHITE 

 APKIL 13 JULY 12, 1769 



Reception by natives Peace offerings and ceremonies Thieving Natives 

 fired upon Death of Mr. Buchan, the artist Lycurgus and Hercules 

 Tents erected An honest native Flies Music A foreign axe found 

 Thefts Names of the natives The Dolphin's queen Quadrant 

 stolen Dootahah made prisoner Visit to Dootahah Wrestling 

 Tubourai offended Natives at divine service Cask stolen Natives 

 swimming in surf Imao Transit of Venus Nails stolen by sailors 

 Mourning Previous visit of foreign ships Banks takes part in a native 

 funeral ceremony Travelling musicians Canoes seized for thefts Dogs 

 as food Circumnavigation of the island Image of man made of basket- 

 work Gigantic buildings (marai] Battlefield Return to station Bread- 

 fruit Excursion inland Volcanic nature of the island Seeds planted 

 Dismantling the fort Banks engages a native to go to England. 



1 3th. This morning early we came to an anchor in 

 Port-royal by King George-the-Third's Island. Before the 

 anchor was down we were surrounded by a large number of 

 canoes, the people trading very quietly and civilly, chiefly 

 for beads, in exchange for which they gave cocoanuts, bread- 

 fruit both roasted and raw, some small fish and apples. 

 They had one pig with them which they refused to sell for 

 nails upon any account, but repeatedly offered it for a 

 hatchet ; of these we had very few on board, so thought it 

 better to let the pig go than to give one of them in exchange, 

 knowing, on the authority of those who had been here be- 

 fore, that if we did so they would never lower their price. 



As soon as the anchors were well down the boats were 

 hoisted out, and we all went ashore, where we were met by 

 some hundreds of the inhabitants, whose faces at least gave 



