CAPTAIN COOKES FIRST VOYAGE.

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were reduced to the difagreeable neceffity of killing them immediately on their leavingthofe iflands; and the Fowls all died of a diforder in their head, with which they werefeized foon after they were brought on board.

As they were detained longer at Ulietea in repairing the fhip than they expected, theydid not go on Ihore at Bolabola; but, after giving the general name of the SocietyIflands to the whole group, which lie between the latitude of 16° 1 o', and 16 0 55'fouth,they purfued their courfe, Handing fouthwardly for an ifland, to which they weredirefted by Tupia, at above an hundred leagues diflant, which they difcovered on Sun-day the 13th, and were informed by him, that it was called Ohiteroa. The nextmorning they flood in for land. When they came near the fhore, they could perceivethat the inhabitants were armed with lances of a confiderable length. The appearanceof the boat foon drew together a great number of them upon the beach, two of whomleaped into the water, and endeavoured to gain the boat, but fhe foon left them behind :feveral others made the fame attempt, but with as little fuccefs.

The boat having doubled the point where they intended to land, opened a large bay,and difcovered another party of the natives Handing at the end of it, in the famemanner as thofe they had already feen. The boat’s crew rowed towards the fhore,and began to make preparations for landing, upon which a canoe, with fome of thenatives on board, came off towards them ; they ordered Tupia to acquaint tfaefe people,that they did not intend doing them any injury, but wanted to traffic with them withnails, which they fhewed them ; this information encouraged them to come alongfidethe boat, and they accepted of fome nails, which were given them, with much apparentpleafure and fatisfaelion : it foon appeared, however, to be nothing more than diffimu-lation ; for, in a few minutes, feveral of them unexpectedly boarded the boat, with anintention of dragging her on fhore; fome mufkets were immediately difcharged overtheir heads, which had the defired effeCt, all of them leaping dire&ly into the fea ; andas foon as they reached the canoe, they put back to the fhore as fad as they couldpaddle, where a vafl concourfe of their countrymen were affembled to receive them.The captain faw enough of their difpofition to give up all hopes of eflablifhing a friendlyintercourfe with them, and returned to the fhip.

The people of this ifland are very tall, well proportioned, and have long hair, which,like the inhabitants of the other iflands, they tie m a bunch on the top of their head ;they are likewife tataowed on different parts of their bodies, but not on their poderiors.

This ifland does not fhoot up into high peaks, like the others which they vifited, butts more level and uniform, and divided into fmall hillocks, fome of which are coveredtvith groves of trees; they faw no bread-fruit, and not many cocoa-nut trees, but greatnumbers of the tree called etoa, were planted all along the fhore.

On the 15th, they failed to the fouthward, and on Friday the 25th, they celebratedthe anniverfary of their leaving England, from whence they had been abfent one year:a large Chefhire cheefe, which had been carefully preferved for that purpofo, wasbrought out, and a barrel of porter tapped, which proved to be as good as any they hadover drank in England.

On Thurfday the 7th of October, they difcovered land at weff-by-north, and in thea fternoon of the next day, they came to an anchor oppofite the mouth of a little rivera bout a mile and a half from the fhore. The captain, with Mr. Banks , Dr. Solander,-an d fome other gentlemen, accompanied by a party of marines, went on fhore in theevening, in the pinnace and yawl.

Having left the pinnace at the entrance of the river, Captain Cook, Mr. Banks , &c»proceeded a little farther up, when, they landed, and leaving the yawl to the care of

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