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he was inoculated for the smallpox, from which 
he happily recovered; and, loaded with presents 
profusely furnished by his friends, he embarked for 
his native island at Plymouth, in the summer of 
1776. He accompanied Captain Cook 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 pru¬ 
dent to establish his fellow-voyager, and conse¬ 
quently solicited 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 extending 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 gf 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 possession of his dwelling. In addition to 
the seeds and plants, a breed of horses, goats, and 
other useful animals, were brought on shore; but 
the greater part of the presents was comparatively 
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! Besides these, however, he 
was furnished with a portable organ, an electrical 
machine, fireworks, and numerous trinkets. 
The estimate Captain Cook formed of his cha- 
