December *n P>eces> and divided amongft feven different chiefs ; at leaft it Was Co
— r-— 1 underflood by thofe in the boat from the language and figns which the
chie f made ufe of.
After this converfation the favages came in great numbers towards
the fea fide, and threw {tones at the party in the boat, who fired feveral
times and at length obliged them to retire. Finding their errand to be
Completely fruitlels, the boat returned on board, in which the old chief
re-embarked, and the veffel bore away to land him agreeably to a former
promife at Attowai; but when they were about 5 or 6 leagues to leeward
o f Woahoo, about five in the evening, the old chief made a hidden fpring
overboard, and fwam from the fhip, which was inftantly brought to, but
on finding that he ftill continued to fwim from them, without the leaft
inclination o f returning on board, they filled their fails, and having then
no bufinefs at Attowai, they made the beft o f their way towards Nootka,
agreeably to my directions.
On the 13th o f june they made the American coaft; the wind having
been conftantly in the N.w. quarter, they were not able to fetch
higher up than the latitude of -j Cgo', from whence they beat to windward
the reft of the way to Nootka, where they arrived on the 4th o f july.
In compliance with a letter o f inftruftions left by the late commander
o f the Daedalus in his bureau, addreffed to Mr. Thomas New
in cafe of his death, Mr. New opened the difpatches addreffed to me
from the Lords of the Admiralty, and agreeably with the directions- they
contained, he delivered to Sen’’ Quadra, the commanding officer at
that port, the letter therein inclofed, and addreffed to him from the Spa-
nifh minifter.
Thus conclude all the matters and tranfaCli'ons o f our voyage up to
the end of the year 1792. In the following chapter I fir all refume the
narrative of our proceedings at Monterrey.
CH A P T E R
C H A P T E R V.
Departure o f Lieutenant Broughton fo r England— Pregrefs towards the
Sandwich ijlands— Fruitlefs fearch for the ijlands o f Los Majos— Arrive
at Owhyhee— Vifited by,the chiefs— Anchor in Karakakooa bay—-
Land the cattle^—Regulations adopted— Account o f two Englfhfeamen
refiding on the i/Jand— Capture o f the fchooncr Fair American— Cha-
rafler o f fame o f the leading chiefs.
1 H E preceding chapters brought to a conclufion the various pc- January.-
currences o f our voyage to the end o f 1792; the beginning o f the '
following year was not marked by any thing of very particular moment.
Sen1- Quadra’s benevolent difpofition encouraged me again to
obtrude on his goodnefs by requefting fome black cattle and fheep,
for the purpofe of eftabliffiing a breed o f thofe valuable animals in
the Sandwich iflands. A dozen, being as many as we could poffibly
take on board, were immediately provided, confifting of four cows, four
ewes, two bulls, and two rams. The profpea we had o f a good paffage
to thofe iflands induced me to lay myfelf under this additional obligation,
hoping by fuch an importation, to accompliffi at once the purpofe
I had in contemplation; which, if effefted, could not fail o f being highly
beneficial, not only to the refident inhabitants, but alfo to all future vifitors.
Notwithftanding that I was extremely anxious to get away from Monterrey
that the further objefts o f our purfuit might re-commence, and that
we might be no longer the caufe of Senr- Quadra’s detention, yet, with-our
utmoft labours and exertions, it was not until the 6th that the feveral Sunday 6.
charts, drawings, letters, and other documents were in readjnefs to be
tranfmitted to England.
O 2 After