Captain Cook's original voyages round the world, performed by royal authority - containing the whole of his discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c., with memoirs of his life, and (14584810168)

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Title: Captain Cook's original voyages round the world, performed by royal authority : containing the whole of his discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c., with memoirs of his life, and particulars relative to his unfortunate death
Year: 1815 (1810s)
Authors: Cook, James, 1728-1779
Subjects: Cook, James, 1728-1779 Voyages around the world
Publisher: Woodbridge (East Suffolk) B. Smith
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives



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ne instance, in which we disco-vered, with regret, that our good friend Koahwas a party principally concerned. Thechiefs who made us presents of hogs, werealways generously rewarded; in consequenceof which, we were supplied with more thanwe could consume. On these occasions,Koah, who attended us coustatitly, petition-ed usually for those that we did not ai)so-lutely want, and they were given him ofcourse. A pig was one day presented to usby a man whom Koah introduced as a chief.The pig we knew to be one of those thathad a short time before been given to Koah.Suspecting an imposition, we found uponinquiry, that the pretended chief was one ofthe common people ; and from other con-current circumstances, we were perfectly con-vinced, that this was not the first time of ourhaving been made the dupes of Koahs lowcunning. Sunday, the 24th, we were not a little sur-prized to find, that not any canoes were per-mitted to put oft*, and that the natives wereconfined to their houses. At length, we
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oo AND HOUND TflK WOULD. II were iiiformoH, that lije Bay was tabooed,and that intercourse witli us was interdicted,on account of the arrival of Terreeoboo, theirking. On the 2oth, we endeavoured bythreats and promises, to induce the inliabi-tants to revisit the sliips. Some of them)vere venturing: to put ofi\ when we perceiveda chief very active in driving them away : tomake him desist, a musket was fired c<verhis head, which produced the desired eflect;for refreshments were soon after to be hadas usual. In the afternoon, the ships wereprivately visited by Terreeoboo, atti-ndedonly by one canoe, containing his wife andfamily. When he entered the shi(), he fellon his fare, as a mark of submission to theCommodore, as did all his attendants ; andafter having made an oration, which noneof us understood, he presented the Captainwith three barbicued hogs, who, in return,put a necklace, composed o\ several stringsof various coloured beads, round hi^ neck,and gave him two looking-glasses,