1779. . neral, fo I cannot too often, nor too particularly, mention
. Febr.üary-, the unbounded and confiant friendihip o f their priefts.
On m y part, I fpared no endeavours to conciliate their a f-
fe&ions, and ga in their efteem ; and I had the good fortune
to fucceed fo far, that, when the time o f our departure was
made kn own , I was ftrongly folicited to remain behind, not
withou t offers o f the moft flattering kind. When I excufed
m y fe lf, b y fa y in g , that Captain Cook wou ld not give his
confent, they propofed, that I fhould retire into the mountains;
where, they faid, the y w ou ld conceal me, till after
the departure o f the ihips ; and on m y farther affuring
them, that the Captain wou ld not leave the bay without me;
Terreeoboo and Kaoo waited upon Captain Cook, whofe fon
th e y fuppofed I was, w ith a fo rma l requeffi, that I m igh t
be left behind. T h e Captain, to avoid g iv in g a pofitive re-
fu fa l, to an offer fo k in d ly intended, told them, that he
could not part w ith me, at that time, but that he fhould return
to the ifland next year, and wou ld then endeavour to
fettle the matter to their fatisfa&ion.
Thurfday4. Early in the morning o f the 4th, we unmoored, and failed
out o f the bay, w ith the Difcovery in company, and were
followed by a great number o f Canoes. Captain C o ok’s de-
fign was to finifh the furvey o f Owhyhee, before he vifited
the other iflands, in hopes o f me eting with a road better
Sheltered, than the bay w e had juft le ft ; and in cafe o f not
fucceeding here, he purpofed to take a view o f the South
Eaft part o f Mowee, where the natives informed us we
fhould find an excellent harbour.
Friday 5. W e had calm weather all this and the fo llow in g day,
w h ich made our progrefs to the Northward ve ry flow. We
were accompanied by a great number o f the natives in
their
their c an o e s ; and Terreeoboo gave a frefh p roof o f his »779'
friendfhip to Captain Cook, by a large prefent o f hogs, and » ■
vegetables, that was fent after him.
In the night o f the 5th, h a vin g a ligh t breeze o ff the land,
w e made fome w a y to the N o r thw a rd ; and in the morning
o f the 6th, h a vin g paired the Wefternmoft point o f the Saturday^,
ifland, we found ourfelves abreaft o f a deep bay, called by
the natives Toe-yah-yah. We had great hopes, that this bay
would furnifh us with a fafe and commodious harbour, as
w e faw, to the North Eaft, feveral fine ftreams o f w a t e r ;
and the whole had the appearance o f b e in g w e ll fheltered.
T he fe obfervations. a g re e in g w ith the accounts g iv en us by
Koah, w ho accompanied Captain Cook, and had changed
his name, out o f compliment to us, into Britannee, the
pinnace was hoifted out, and the Matter, w ith Britannee
for his guide, was fent to examine the bay, whilft the ihips
worked up after them.
In the afternoon, the weather became glo om y , and the
gufts o f wind, that b lew o f f the land, were fo violent, as
to make it neceflTary to take in all the fails, and b rin g to, u n der
the mizen ftay-fail. A ll the canoes le ft us, at the be g
in n in g o f the g a le ; and Mr. Bligh, on his return, had the
fatisfatftion o f fa v in g an old woman, and two men, w h o fe
canoe had been overfet by the violence o f the wind, as th e y
were endeavouring to gain the fhore. Befides thefe dif-
treffed people, we had a great many women on board, w h om
the natives had left behind, in their h u rry to ih ift fo r
themfelves.
T h e Mailer reported to Captain Cook, that he had landed
at the only v illa g e he faw, on the North fide o f the ba y, O
where he was direiled to fome wells o f w a te r ; but found-,
* th e y