'777- cned to k ill her, as foon as w e ihould leave the ifland, fo r
.N°!e“--"V difappointing them. Being aware o f this, w e contrived that
he r friends ihould come, fome days after, and take her out
o f the ihip’, to convey her to a place o f fafety, where ihe
m igh t lie concealed, till they ihould have an opportunity
o f fending her ba ck to Huaheine.
Thurf<iajr27. On the 27th, our obfervatories were taken down, and
every thin g w e had afhore carried on board ; the moorings
o f the ihips were caft o f f ; and w e tranfported them a little
w a y down the harbour, where the y came to an anchor
again. Toward the afternoon, the natives began to lh a k e
o ff their fears, ga the rin g round, and on board, the ihips, as
u fu a l ; and the awkwa rd tranfadtion o f the day before
feemed to be forgotten on both iides.
rridayj». T h e fo llow in g n ight,, the w ind blew in hard fqualls
from South to Eaft, attended w ith heavy Qiowers o f rain.
In one o f the fqualls, the cable, by w h ich the Refolution
was riding, parted, juft w ithou t the hawfe. We had another
anchor ready to let g o ; fo that the ihip was, prefeht-
ly , brought up again. In the afternoon, the wind became-
moderate ; and w e hooked the end o f the beft fmall bowe r
cable, and got it again into the hawfe.
Oreo, she Chief, be in g uneafy, as w e ll as m y felf, that
no account had been received from Bolabola, fet out, this
evening, for that ifland, and defired me to follow down,
the next day, with the ihips. This, was m y in t e n t io n b u t
the wind would not admit o f our ge ttin g to fea. But
the fame wind w hich kept us in the harbour,, b ro u gh t
Oreo b a ck from Bolabola, with the two deferrers.. T h e y
had reached Otaha, the fame n ight they defer te d ; but,
finding it impoflible to get to any o f the iflands to the Ealt-
1 ward;
ward (which was their intention), for want o f wind, they No^77b'ar
had proceeded to Bolabola, and from thence to the fmall w—v— *
ifland Toobaee, where they, were taken by the fathe r o f
Pootoe, in confequence o f the firft meflage fent to Opoony.
As foon as they were on board, the three prifoners were releafed.
Thus ended an affair, w h ich had given me much
trouble and vexation. Nor would I have exerted m y fe lf fo
re folutely on the occafion, but fo r the reafon before mentioned,
and to fav-e the fon o f a brother officer from.bein g
loft to his country.
T h e wind continued' conftantly between- the- North and December.
Weft, and confined us in the harbour, till eight o’clock in Sun<la> 1'
morn in g o f the-7 th o f De cem b e r; when we took th e advantage
o f a ligh t breeze which-then fprun g up at North
Eaft, and, w ith the aififtance o f a ll the.boats, go t out to fea .
w ith the Difcovery in company.
Du rin g the laft week; w e had been vifited by people from
all parts o f the ifland, who furniihed us w ith a large flock
o f hogs and’ green plantains. So that the time w e la y
wind-bound- in the harbour was not- entirely lo f t ; green
plantains b e in g an excellent fubftitute for bread, as they
w ill keep good a fortnight, or three weeks. Befides this
fupply o f provifions, w e alfo completed our wood and water.
T h e inhabitants o f Ulietea feemed, in general, fmaller
and'blacker than thofe o f the other neighbouring iflands >
and appeared alfo lefs orderly, which, perhaps, may-be con-
fideredas the, confequence o f . their having, become fubjedl:
to the natives o f Bolabola. O re o ,. their Chief, is only a fort
o f depu ty o f the fovereign o f that ifland ; and the conqueft I
feems to have leflened the number o f fubordinate.Chiefs
refident among th em ; fo that they are lefs immediately,
under t