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of the Vvorld, and Cook remarked in his Journal, 

 "Her volubility surpassed that of any talker 

 whom I have ever heard." Seeing the strangers 

 did not understand her, the young Maori girl 

 began to dance. 



Gradually Cook's relations with the different 

 natives who ventured to show themselves became 

 more and 'more cordial. A: Maori and his 

 daughter came on board the Resolution, fur- 

 nished with pieces of cloth which they offered to 

 the Englishmen as presents. For some unknown 

 reason, father and daughter quarrelled. The 

 man beat the grl, and she, who seemed to be an 

 advanced feminist, returned his blows with in- 

 terest. Then the tour of the ship began. The 

 two natives admired each novelty with enthu- 

 siasm. They were above all delighted with the 

 sight of chairs and the use to which they were 

 put. Suddenly the man, to show the esteem and 

 friendship with which he regarded Cook, pro- 

 duced a little leather bag from beneath his cloth- 

 ing, and after dipping into it his fingers, which 

 came out sticky with a filthy-smelling oil, wished 

 to anoint the hair of the captain of the Resolu- 

 tion, who, however, declined the honour. The 

 painter Hodges, who was on the spot, was 

 obliged to suffer the operation, for the girl, hav- 

 ing plunged a tuft of feathers in the oil, insisted 

 upon placing them round the neck of the un- 



