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A VOYAGE TO 
1779. blowing of the conchs, we had heard in the morning, was 
February, ^ , ,, 0 
. . meant as a challenge. 
We learned from thele men, that feventeen of their coun¬ 
trymen were killed in the firft adtion at Kowrowa, of whom 
five were Chiefs; and that Kaneena and his brother, our 
very particular friends, were unfortunately of that number. 
Eight, they faid, were killed at the obfervatory; three of 
whom were alfo of the firft rank. 
About eleven o’clock, our two friends left us, and took 
the precaution to defire, that our guard-boat might attend 
them, till they had palled the Difcovery, left they fhould 
again be fired upon, which might alarm their countrymen 
on fliore, and expofe them to the danger of being difco- 
vered. This requeft was complied with; and we had the 
fatisfadlion to find, that they got fafe and undifcovered to 
land. 
During the remainder of this night, we heard the fame 
loud howling and lamentations, as in the preceding one. 
Tuefday 16. Early in the morning, we received another vifit from Koah. 
I muft confefs, I was a little piqued to find, that, notwith- 
ftanding the moft evident marks of treachery in his con¬ 
duct, and the pofitive teftimony of our friends the priefts, he 
fhould ftill be permitted to carry on the fame farce, and to 
make us at leaft appear to be the dupes of his hypocrify. 
Indeed our fituation. was become extremely awkward and 
unpromifing; none of the purpofes for which this pacific 
courfe of proceeding had been adopted, having hitherto 
been in the leaft forwarded by it. No fatisfacftory anfwer 
whatever had been given to our demands ; we did not feem 
to be at all advanced toward a reconciliation with the 
iflanders; they ftill kept in force on the fliore, as if deter¬ 
mined to refift any attempts we might make to land; and 
yet 
