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Captain unhesitatingly told him that the place 

 was called Stepney, the name of the parish in 

 which he lived in London. Oreo begged Cook 

 to repeat the name several times, so that he could 

 pronounce it. When he could manage it fairly 

 well, Oreo and all those present cried out: 

 "Stepney Marai No Toote" {Stepney, the 

 burial-place of Cook). 



A native asked John Forster the same question 

 while he was exploring the interior of the island. 

 The naturalist replied wisely that "a sailor could 

 never tell the place where he would be buried." 



Learning that Cook did not mean to return to 

 these parts, Oedidea decided to stay in his own 

 country. He left his travelling companions with 

 profound grief, going from cabin to cabin to 

 embrace everybody. "In short," said Cook, "I 

 have not words to describe the anguish which 

 appeared in this young man's breast, when he 

 went away. He looked up at the ship, burst into 

 tears, and then sunk down into the canoe. . . . 

 He was a youth of good parts, and, like most of 

 his countrymen, of a docile, gentle, and humane 

 disposition." 



On June 4th Cook left Ulietea, steering west 

 and making for the Friendly Islands. He had 

 spent six weeks in the Society Islands, and this 



