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ing out the cloth, and difplaying the feathers, and iron* 
ware, before him. The king feemed much pleafed with this v 
mark of their duty; and having feleCted about a third part 
of the iron-ware, the fame proportion of feathers, and a 
few pieces of cloth, thefe were fet afide, by themfelves; and 
the remainder of the cloth, together with all the hogs and 
vegetables, were afterward prefented to Captain Cook, and 
myfelf. We were aftonifhed at the value and magnitude of 
this prefent, which far exceeded every thing of the kind 
we had feen, either at the Friendly or Society Elands. Boats 
were immediately fent, to carry them on board; the large 
hogs were picked out, to be falted for fea-ftore; and upward 
of thirty fmaller pigs, and the vegetables, were divided be¬ 
tween the two crews. 
The fame day, we quitted the Morale and got the tents and 
aftronomical inftruments on board. The charm of the taboo 
was now removed; and we had no fooner left the place, 
than the natives rufhed in, and fearched eagerly about, in 
expectation of finding fomething of value, that we might 
have left behind. As I happened to remain the laft on fhore, 
and waited for the return of the boat, feveral came crowd¬ 
ing about me, and having made me fit down by them, be¬ 
gan to lament our feparation. It was, indeed, not without 
difficulty, I was able to quit them. And here, I hope I 
may be permitted to relate a trifling occurrence, in which 
I was principally concerned. Having had the command 
of the party on fhore, during the whole time we were 
in the bay, I had an opportunity of becoming better ac¬ 
quainted with the natives, and of being better known to 
them, than thofe whofe duty required them to be generally 
on board. As I had every reafon to be fatisfied with their 
kindnefs, in general, fo I cannot too often, nor too parti¬ 
cularly, 
1779. 
February. 
