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gave it to one of her friends, who threw stones 

 at the sailor when he tried to recover it. The 

 Englishman, enraged at this, ran after the lady 

 and, with all the science of the ring, decorated 

 her "with a black eye and a bleeding nose." 



Curiously enough. Cook did not meet any of 

 the natives whom he had met at his last visit to 

 Queen Charlotte Sound. One day, however, a 

 Maori of very dignified appearance, whose 

 name was Teiratu, came with some of his friends 

 to visit the Resolution. He asked for news of 

 Tupia, whose renown had reached his ears. 

 When Cook told him that he was dead, all the 

 natives present displayed their sorrow by giving 

 vent to strange cries, which were interpreted as 

 lamentations. 



Cook came to the conclusion that all the Ma- 

 oris who lived in these parts in 1770 had been 

 driven away, or had gone away voluntarily to 

 establish themselves elsewhere. The fort which 

 he had previously visited was deserted, and 

 abandoned huts were everywhere visible. These 

 observations confirmed the opinion which Cook 

 had formed during his first voyage, when he be- 

 lieved that the country had never been very 

 densely populated, especially the South Island, 

 Tovy-Poenammoo. 



On June 7th the Resolution and Adventure 

 set sail together and left Queen Charlotte Sound. 



