JULY 1769 TUPIA JOINS THE SHIP 109 
larger expense than he will ever probably put me to. The 
amusement I shall have in his future conversation, and the 
benefit which will be derived by this ship, as well as any 
other which may in the future be sent into these seas, will, 
I think, fully repay me. As soon as he had made his mind 
known, he said he would go ashore and return in the evening, 
when he would make a signal for a boat to be sent off for 
him. He took with him a miniature picture of mine to 
show his friends, and several little things to give them as 
parting presents. 
