68 
A VOYAGE TO 
1779. fhipman, who had been with Captain Cook in his two laft 
Feb ' uar ^ voyages, to the vacant Lieutenancy. During the whole 
day, we met with no interruption from the natives; and, at 
night, the launch was again moored with a top-chain; and 
guard-boats ffcationed round both fhips as before. 
About eight o’clock, it being very dark, a canoe was heard 
paddling toward the Ihip ; and as foon as it was feen, both 
the fentinels on deck fired into it. There were two perfons 
in the canoe, and they immediately roared out u Tinnee 
(which was the way in which they pronounced my name), 
and faid they were friends, and had fomething for me be¬ 
longing to Captain Cook. When they came on board, they 
threw themfelves at our feet, and appeared exceedingly 
frightened. Luckily neither of them was hurt, notwith- 
ftanding the balls of both pieces had gone through the 
canoe. One of them was the perfon, whom I have before 
mentioned under the name of the Taboo man, who con- 
ftantly attended Captain Cook with the circumftances of ce¬ 
remony I have already defcribed; and who, though a man 
of rank in the ifland, could fcarcely be hindered from per¬ 
forming for him the lowed: offices of a menial fervant. 
After lamenting, with abundance of tears, the lofs of the 
Orewo, he told us, that he had brought us a part of his 
body. He then prefented to us a fmall bundle wrapped up 
in cloth, which he brought under his arm; and it is im~ 
poffible to defcribe the horror which feized us, on finding 
in it a piece of human fLefh, about nine or- ten pounds 
weight. This, he faid, was all that remained of the body; 
that the reft was cut to pieces, and burnt; but that the 
head and all the bones, except what belonged to the trunk, 
were in the pofTeffion of Terreeoboo, and the other Erees ; 
that what we faw had been allotted to Kaoo, the chief of 
the 
