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A VOYAGE TO 
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1779* ingly* the boats of both fhips, well manned and armed* 
February^ were Rationed acrofs the bay \ and, before I left the fhip, 
fome great guns had been fired at two large canoes, that 
were attempting to make their efcape. 
It was between feven and eight o’clock when we quitted 
the fhip together; Captain Cook in the pinnace, having 
Mr. Phillips, and nine marines, with him; and myfelf in the 
fmall boat. The laft orders I received from him were, to 
quiet the minds of the natives, on our fide of the bay, by 
alluring them, they fiiould not be hurt; to keep my people 
together; and to be on my guard. We then parted; the 
Captain went toward Kowrowa, where the king refided; 
and I proceeded to the beach. My fir ft care, on going 
alhore, was to give ft riel orders to the marines to remain 
within the tent, to load their pieces with ball, and not 
to quit their arms. Afterward I took a walk to the huts 
of old Kaoo, and the priefts, and explained to them, as 
well as I could, the objedt of the hoftile preparations, which 
had exceedingly alarmed them. I found, that they had 
already heard of the cutter’s being ftolen, and I allured 
them, that though Captain Cook was refolved to recover it, 
and to punilh the authors of the theft, yet that they, and 
the people of the village on our fide, need not be under 
the fmalleft apprehenfion of luffering any evil from us. 
I defired the priefts to explain this to the people, and to 
tell them not to be alarmed, but to continue peaceable and 
quiet. Kaoo afked me, with great earneftnefs, if Terreeo- 
boo was to be hurt ? I allured him, he was not; and both 
he and the reft of his brethren feemed much fatisfied with 
this afturance. 
In the mean time, Captain Cook, having called off the 
launch, which was ftationed at the North point of the bay, 
and 
