In the night, Mr. Bayly, Mr. K in g , and m y fe lf, obferved
an immerfion o f Jupiter’s third fatellite. It happened, by
the obfervation o f
Mr. Bayly, at 2h 37" 5 4 'I
Mr. K in g, at 2 37 24 I in the morning.
Myfelf, at 2 37 44 J
Mr. Bayly and Mr. K in g obferved, w ith Dollond's three
and a h a lf feet achromatic telefcope, and with the greateft
m a gn ify in g power. I obferved, w ith a two-feet Gregorian
reflector, made by Bird.
Soon after day-break, the Chief, his fon, daughter, and
fon-in-law, came on board the Refolution. T he three laft
I refolved to detain, till the two deferters fhould be brought
back. With this view, Captain Clerke invited them to go
on board his f li ip ; and as foon as they arrived there, confined
them in his cabin. T he C h ie f w as with me when the
news reached him. He immediately acquainted me with it,
fuppofing that this ftep had been taken without m y kn ow ledge,
and confequently without m y approbation. I inftantly
undeceived h im ; and then he began to have apprehenfions
as to his own fituation, and his looks exprefied the
utmoft perturbation o f mind. But I foon made him eafy as
to this, by telling him, that he was at liberty to leave the
fliip whenever he pleafed, and to take fuch meafures as he
ihould ju d g e beft calculated to get our two men b a ck ; that,
i f he fucceeded, his friends on board the Difcovery ihould
be delivered u p ; i f riot, that I was determined to carry them
away with me. I added, that his own conduit, as well as
that o f many <jf his people, in not only alfifting thefe two
7 men
men to efcape, but in being, even at this ve ry time, afliduous
in enticing others to fo llow them, would ju ftify any ’— .---- *
ftep I could take to put a flop to fuch proceedings.
This explanation o f the motives Upon which I adted, and
w h ich we found means to make Oreo and his people, who
were prefCnt, fu lly comprehend, feemed to recover them,
iti a great meafure, from that general confternation into
w hich they were at firft thrown. Bur, i f relieved from ap-
prehenfions about their own fafety, they continued under
the deepeft concern fo r thofe w ho were prifoners. Many
o f them went under the Difcovery’s ftern in canoes, to bew
a il their captivity, w hich they did with lo n g and loud
exclamations. Poedooa! for fo the C h ie f's daughter was
called, refounded from every q u a rte r; and the women
feemed to vie with each other in mourning her fate, with
more fignificant expreifions o f their g r ie f than tears and
cries ; for there were many bloody heads upon the occa-
fion.
Oreo h im fe lf did not give w a y to unavailing lamentations,
but, inftantly, began his exertions to recover our deferters,
b y difpatching a canoe to Bolabola, with a meflage to
Opoony, the fovereign o f that ifland, acquainting him with
what had happened, and requefting him to feize the two
fugitives, and fend them back. T h e meffenger, who was
no lefs a man than the father o f Pootoe, Oreo’s fon-in-law,
before he fet out, came to receive my commands. I ftrift-
ly enjoined him not to return without the deferters ; and
to tell Opoony, from me, that, i f they had left Bolabola,
he muft fend canoes to bring them b a c k ; for I fufpeited
that they wou ld not long remain in one platfe.
Vox- II. R T he