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fidered as a kind of ratification of a treaty between the Englifh and the King ofHuaheine .
They went on fhore again on the 18th without Tupia, but his boy, whofe name wasTayota, accompanied them ; with fome difficulty they negotiated for eleven pigs, andWere not without hopes of obtaining more the next morning.
Wednefday the 19th, they carried fome hatchets with them, with which they pro-cured three very large hogs. As they propofed to fail in the afternoon, the king, ac-companied by fome others of the natives, came on board to take his leave, when HisMajefty received from Captain Cook a fmall pewter plate, with the following infcrip-tion: “ His Britannic Majefty’s fhip Endeavour, Lieutenant Cook , Commander,16th July, 1769*” He alfo was prefented with fome medals, or counters, refemblingthe coin of England, and a few other trifles.
This ifland is diftant from Otaheite about thirty leagues, and is about twenty milesin circumference. Mr. Banks found here a fpecies of fcorpion which he had not feenbefore. The people are of a very lazy difpofition, though they are lfouter and largermade than thofe of Otaheite .
From Huaheine they failed for the ifland of Ulietea, and in the afternoon camewithin a league or two of the fhore. They anchored in a bay, which is formed by areef, on the north fide of the ifland; two canoes of natives foon came off from thefhore, and brought with them two fmall hogs, which they exchanged for fome nailsand beads. On the 20th, Mr. Banks , the captain, and others went on fhore, accom-panied by Tupia, who introduced them with the fame kind of ceremonies that hadtaken place on their landing at Huaheine ; after which Captain Cook took pofleffion ofthis and the adjacent iflands in the name of the King of Great Britain .
On the 22d and 23d, it being hazy weather with brifk gales, Captain Cook judgedit rather unfafe to put to fea. On the 24th they got under fail, and fleered to the north-ward within the reef, towards an opening five or fix leagues diftant. In effecting this,he was in the greateft danger of ftriking on a rock; the man who founded, cryingout on a fudden, two fathom, at which they were much alarmed, but happily got clearWithout receiving any damage.
The provifions of this ifland confift chiefly of cocoa-nuts, yams, plantains, and a fewhogs and fowls ; that part of the country where they landed is not fo fruitful as eitherOtaheite or Huaheine .
On the 25th, they were within a league or two of the ifland of Otaha, but the windcontinuing contrary, they could not get near enough to land till the 28th in the morn-ln g, when Mr. Banks and Dr Solander went in the long-boat, with the mafter, to founda harbour on the eaft fide of the ifland, which they found fafe and convenient, withgood anchorage. They then went on fhore, and purchafed fome hogs and fowls, anda large quantity of yams and plantains.
This ifland appeared to be more barren than Ulietea, but the produce was much thefame.
On the 29th they failed to the northward, and in the afternoonj finding themfelvesto windward of fome harbours that lay on the weft fide of Ulietea, they intended toPut into one of them, in order to flop a leak which they had fprung in the powder-r oom, and to take in fome additional ballaft. The wind being right againft them,the y plied on and off till the afternoon of the ift of Auguft, when they came to ana *ichor in the entrance of the channel which led into one of the harbours.
Wednefday 2d of Auguft, in the morning, when the tide turned, they came into aProper place for mooring, in twenty-eight fathoms. In the interim many of the natives
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