THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
laid, had put into a port on the North Weft coaft of Teera- 
witte, but a very few years before I arrived in the Sound in 
the Endeavour, which the New Zealanders diftinguifh, by 
calling it Tupia’s fhip. At firft, I thought he might have 
been miftaken as to the time and place; and that the fhip in 
queftion might be either Monfieur Surville’s, who is faid to 
have touched upon the North Eaft coaft of Eaheinomauwe, 
the fame yearl was there in the Endeavour; or eLfeMonfieur 
Marion du Frefne’s, who was in the Bay of Iftands, on the 
fame coaft, a few years after. But he allured us, that he 
was not miftaken, either as- to the time, or as to the place 
of this fhip’s arrival ; and. that it was well known to every 
body about Queen Charlotte’s Sound and Teerawitte. He 
faid, that the Captain of her, during his ftay here, coha¬ 
bited with a woman of the country; and that Hie had a fon 
by him lull living, and about the age of Kokoa; who, 
though not born then, feemed to be equally well acquaint¬ 
ed with the ftory. We were alfo informed by Taweiharooa, 
that this fhip firft introduced the venereal difeafe amongft 
the New Zealanders. I wifh that fubfequent viliters from 
Europe may not have their fhare of guilt, in leaving fo 
dreadful a remembrance of them amongft this unhappy 
race. The diforder now is but too common here; though 
they do not feem to regard it; faying, that its effects are 
not near fo pernicious at prefent, as they were at its firft 
appearance. The only method, as far as I ever heard, that 
they make ufe of as a remedy, is by giving the patient the 
ufe of a fort of hot bath, which they produce by the fteam 
of certain green plants laid over hot ftones. 
I regretted much that we did not hear of this fhip while 
we were in the Sound; as, by means of Ornai, we might 
have had full and correct information about her from eye- 
witneffes*. 
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1777- 
Februaiy. 
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