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by his friends, he embarked for his native island at 
Plymouth, in the summer of 1776. He accompanied 
Captain Cook in the visits he made to 'New Zealand, 
the Friendly Islands, and Tahiti, and, after an absence 
of rather more than four years, returned to Huahine on 
the twelfth of October, 1777* 
In this island Captain Cook judged it most prudent 
to establish his fellow-voyager, and consequently soli¬ 
cited for him a grant of land from the chiefs. It was 
readily furnished, and a spot marked out, measuring 
about two hundred yards, along the sea-shore, and ex¬ 
tending from the beach to the mountain. Here a garden 
was enclosed, and many valuable seeds and roots, which 
had been brought from England or the Cape of Good 
Hope, were planted. The carpenters of the vessels 
erected for him a house in the European style, and on 
the 26th of October, the presents with which he had 
been so liberally supplied, were landed, and he took pos¬ 
session of his dwelling. In addition to the seeds and 
plants, a breed of horses, goats, and other useful animals, 
were landed; but the greater part of the presents was com¬ 
paratively useless, and many were bartered to the sailors 
for hatchets or iron tools. It does not appear that 
there was any implement of husbandry, or useful tool, 
included in the catalogue of his presents, though he 
landed with a coat of mail, a suit of armour, musket, 
pistols, cartouch-box, cutlasses, powder, and ball! Be¬ 
sides these, however, he was furnished with a portable 
organ, an electrical machine, fire-works, and numerous 
trinkets. 
The estimate Captain Cook formed of his character 
was correct: he appeared to have derived no permanent 
advantage from the voyage he had made, the attention 
