1779- o f the prefent vo y a g e has fugg efted , are mentioned in their
February* .
\ • proper places.
With refpedl to his profeiEonal abilities, I ih a ll leave them
to the judgment o f thofe w h o are belt acquainted w ith the
nature o f the fervices in w h ich he w a s engaged. T h e y
w i ll readily acknowledge, that to have con d u c ed three expeditions
o f fo m u ch danger and difficulty, o f fo un u fu a l
a len gth , and in fuch a variety o f fituation, w ith un ifo rm
and invariable fuccefs, muft have required not . on ly a
thorou gh and accurate kn owled ge o f his bufinefs, bu t a
.p ow e r fu l and comprehenfive genius, fru it fu l in refources,
and equally ready in the application o f whatever the higher
and inferior calls o f the fervice required.
Ha vin g given the moft fa ith fu l account I have been able
to eolletSt, both from m y own obfervation, and the relations
o f others, o f the death o f m y ever honoured friend, and
alfo o f his ehara&er and fervices ; I lh a ll now leave his me mory
to the gratitude and admiration o f p ofterity; acceptin
g, w i t h a melancholy fatisfaftion, the honour, w h ich the
lofs o f him hath procured me, o f feeing m y name joined
w ith h i s a n d o f teftifying that affeftion and re fpe ft fo r
his memory, which, whilft he lived, it was no lefs my in .
clination, than my conftant itudy, to ih ew him.
C H A P .
C H A P . IV.
TranfaSlions at Owhyhee, fubfequent to the Death o f Captain
Cook. — Gallant Behaviour of the Lieutenant o f
Marines.-— Dangerous Situation o f the Party at the
Morai. — Bravery o f one o f the Natives.— Confultation
refpeSling future Meafures.— Demand o f the Body o f
Captain Cook.— Evafive and infdious ConduEt of Koahy
and the Chiefs.— Infolent Behaviour o f the Natives.—
Promotion of Officers.— Arrival o f two Priejls with
Part of the Body.— Extraordinary Behaviour o f two
Boys.— Burning of the Village o f Kakooa.— Unfortunate
DefruElion of\the Dwellings o f the Priejls.— Recovery
of the Bones o f Captain Cook.— Departure from Kara-
kakooa Bay*
Î T has been already related, that fou r o f the marines, „'779-
v _ _ . - February,
•who attended Captain Cook, were k illed b y the iilanders 1— -— -
on the fpot. T h e reft, with Mr. Phillips, their Lieutenant* Sunday
threw themfelves into the water, and efcaped, under cover
o f a fmart fire from the boats. On this occafion, a remarkable
inftance o f gallant hehaviour, and o f affeition for. his
men, was ihewn by that officer. For he had fcarcely got
into the boat, when, fee ing one o f the marines, who was a.
bad fwimmer, ftru g g lin g in the water, and in danger o f
b e in g taken b y the enemy, he immediately jumped into the
fea to his affiftance, though m u ch wounded h im fe lf; and.
*• - a fter.