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winter. He stayed some days on this island, 

 called Mowa or Mavi by the natives. The lat- 

 ter proved very sociable, and the usual barter 

 took place without difficulty. 



On November 30th Cook perceived another 

 island belonging to the same group, considerably 

 larger than any of those he had seen in the Pa- 

 cific, with the exception of New Zealand. For 

 seven weeks he cruised around this island, called 

 by its inhabitants Owhyhee or Hawaii. The 

 natives often came on board in their canoes and 

 were always ready to trade with the English- 

 men. They offered sucking-pigs, bananas and 

 sugar-cane. Cook remarked in his Journal: "I 

 have never met a savage race so little mistrustful 

 as these. They usually sent to the vessels the 

 different articles which they had for sale; they 

 came on board themselves later and held their 

 market on the quarter-deck. The Tahitians, in 

 spite of our frequent visits, had not so much 

 confidence in us. It must further be observed, 

 to the credit of the Hawaiian islanders, that they 

 never once tried to cheat us or to steal from us." 



On January i6th, 1779, Cook having perceived 

 at dawn a bay on the shores of the island, sent one 

 of his officers to reconnoitre it and resolved to 

 anchor there. While the two ships were waiting 

 for the return of the boat which had gone on to 



