it, which they declined to accept. His men, however,carried off not only the railing of the temple but eventhe twelve idols within it, upon which the chief priestmeekly requested that at least the central image shouldbe restored. About this time an affray took place be-tween the natives and a party from the “Resolution,”who had been sent to bring off the rudder. Quarrels intrade and thefts became more and more common.
On the 3d of February, the day previous to the de-parture of the ships, Kalaniopuu presented Captain Cook with an immense quantity of vegetables, a large herd ofswine, and an extensive collection of kapas and red andyellow feathers. Captain King says: “We were astonishedat the value and magnitude of this present, which farsurpassed any thing of the kind we had seen at eitherthe Friendly or Society Islands .”
They finally sailed February 4th, but the joy of thepeople over their departure was unfortunately to be ofshort duration.
Return of Captain Cook . — Captain Cook ’s intentionwas to survey the Leeward Islands, and to lay in a supplyof water before sailing for the Arctic. But off Kawaihaethe ships encountered a violent gale, in which the “Reso-lution” sprang her foremast. It was therefore decided toput back to Kealakekua Bay, in order to repair it onshore. They arrived at their old anchorage on the morn-ing of Thursday, February 11th.
“An ominous silence everywhere prevailed, and not acanoe was to be seen.” A boat which had been sentashore brought back word that Kalaniopuu was absent,and had left the bay under tabu. Toward night a fewcanoes came off with provisions, but the behavior of thenatives plainly showed that their former friendship was