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On coming on board, he had feen the heads of his conn- 1779. 
trymen lying on the deck, at which he was exceedingly L F -^- r} J f 
fhocked, and delired, with great earneftnefs, that they might 
be thrown over-board. This requeft Captain Clerke in¬ 
stantly ordered to be complied with. 
In the evening, the watering party returned on board, 
having met with no farther interruption. We palled a 
gloomy night; the cries and lamentations we heard on Shore 
being far more dreadful than ever. Our only confolatioix 
was, the hope that we fhould have no occalion, in future, 
for a repetition of fuch feverities. 
It is very extraordinary, that, amidft all thefe diftur- 
bances, the women of the illand, who were on board, never 
offered to leave us, nor difcovered the fmalleft apprehen¬ 
sions either for themfelves or their friends afhore. So en¬ 
tirely unconcerned did they appear, that fome of them, who 
were on deck when the town was in flames, feemed to ad¬ 
mire the fight, and frequently cried out, that it was tnai - 
tai , or very fine. 
The next morning, Koah came off as ufual to the Ships. Thurfday is 
As there existed no longer any neceffity for keeping terms 
with him, I was allowed to have my own way. When he 
approached toward the fide of the Ship, Singing his Song, 
and offering me a hog, and fome plantains, I ordered him 
to keep off, caiitioning him never to appear again without 
Captain Cook’s bones, left his life Should pay the forfeit of 
his frequent breach of promife. He did not appear much 
mortified with this reception, but went immediately on. 
fhore, and joined a party of his countrymen, who were 
pelting the waterers with ftones. The body of the young 
man, who had been killed the day before, was found this 
morning, lying at the entrance of the cave; and fome of 
our 
