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l^KEFACE. 



thoughf to have carried it off securely: But a mus- 

 ket was fired at them from the stern of the ship ; 

 the young man fell down immediately, and it is 

 probable was mortally wounded, as we did not see 

 him rise again! What a severe punishment of a 

 crime, committed perhaps ignorantly P^* Neither 

 reprimand nor punishment is mentioned by the 

 author for this cruel outrage. 



On another occasion, Mr. Parkinson states as 

 follows : " Many canoes came off to us, and the 

 people in them, according to custom, behaved ra- 

 ther unruly. While 1 saluted one of them, he 

 picked my pocket. Some of our people fired upon 

 them ; but they did not seem to mind it much. 

 One of our boats went on shore ; and then they set 

 off all at once, and attempted to seize her, in which 

 they failed, however. But soon after Mr. Banks 

 had like to have been apprehended by one of the 

 natives, but happily escaped. The marines fired 

 upon them ; five great guns were fired from the 

 ship ; and Otegoowgoow, son to one of their chiefs, 

 was wounded in the thigh. The natives affrighted 

 fled precipitately."! 



In relating the incidents which led to the death 

 of Capt. Cook, at Owhyhee, Mr. Parkinson states 

 the following fact, which one would suppose not 

 altogether compatible with either " a high sense of 

 honour," or any extraordinary degree of " gene- 

 rosity." " It was agreed," he says, " by Capt. 

 Cook and Capt. Clerke, that the King should be 

 secured ; a method which, on several occasions, 

 had tended to the recovery of stolen goods. The 

 only way to do this was to invite him on board 

 Accordingly Capt. Cook and Lieutenant Phillips 

 went with a party for this purpose. Not finding 



^ Parkinson's Voyage, p. 104. 



flbid. p. 109 



