he was. flead'. On the returni of the captains to the fliip, they were informed
that a canoe had been along fide, the people in which fcemed to be ftrangers,
and w h o alfo inquired after Tupfit.
p. 123. The 2:9th,. feveral. of the natives making them a vifit, Captain Cook took
one of them- to his gardens, and (hewing him the plants arid r o o ts , pointed
out the ufes .of them to him. It Was eafy to give him an idea of them by comparing
them, with fuch as he k n e w . The man was fo well pleafed, that, of his
own accord, he-began to hoe up the earth about the plants of fome potatoes.
Two or three families of thefe people now took up their abode near them,, employing
themfelves daily in fiihing, and fupplying them with the'fruits of
their labour; the good effects of which the crew foon felt; for they were by no
means fuch expert fiihers as the natives, nor were their methods of fiihing equal,
p. 123. June the 2d, the (hip’s company being nearly ready to put to fea, Captain
Cook fent on fhore two goats, a male and female, and left them on the eaft
fide of the found; and Captain Furneaux likewife fent to Cannibal Cove a boar
and two breeding fows; fo that there is reafon to hope this country will, in
time, be flocked with thefe ipecies of animals.
p. 124. In an excurfion to the eaft, they met with the largeft feal they had ever feen:
it was fwimming on the furface of the water, and fuffered them to come near
enough to fire at it, but without effe<ft, for after a chaee of near an hour they
were obliged to leave i t : by the fize of this animal, they conjectured it to be a
fea lionefs, and it bore a great refemblance to the drawing in Anfon’s Voyage.
A fea lion having been feen in their former voyage, at the entrance of the Sound,
increafes the probability.
p. 124. On the 3d one of the boats was chafed by a large double canoe, but with
what intent is not known. Early next morning fome of their friends brought
them a large fupply of fiih. One of them agreed to go away with Captain
Cook, but when it came to the point he changed his mind; as did fome others,
who had promifed to go in the Adventure. It was even faid that fome of them
offered their children to fale: this, however, proved to b© a miftake, and aroie
from the crew’s being ignorant of the cuftoms and manners of the natives.
About
About nine o’clock, on the 4th, a large double .canoe, in which were twenty
©r .thirty ¡people appeared in fight, at which the friendly Indians, on board,
ieemed igreatly alarmed, faying, they were their enemies. Two of them, the
one with a fpear, the other with a ,-ftone hatchet, in his hand, mounted the
arm chefts, on the poop, and there, in a kind of bravado, bid their enemies
defiance; while -the others that were on board took-to their canoe and went
aihore, probably to fecure the women and children. The people in the canoe
feemed to pay very little regard to thofe on board, but kept advancing ilowly
towards the fhip, and after -performing the ufual ceremonies, put ¿long fide.
The 'Chief was then eafily prevailed upon to come on board, followed by many
others; -and peace, which it did not appear they had any intention to break,
was immediately eftablifhed on all fides.
One of the firft queftions thefe ftrangers afked was for Tupia, and when told
he was dead, one or two expreffed their -forrow by a kind of lamentation, which
appeared more formal than real. A trade foon commenced between the people
and them. It was not poffible to hinder the former from felling the clothes
from off their hacks for the meereft trifles, things that were neither ufeful nor
curious. This caufed ‘Captain Cook to difmifs the ftrangers fooner than he
would other wife have done. When they departed, they went over to Motuara
where, by the help of glaffes, four or five canoes were difcerned, and feveral
people on fhore. This induced Captain Cook to go over, accompanied by Mr.
Fdrfter, and one of the officers: they were well received by the Chief and the
whole tribe, which confifted of near one hundred perfons, men, women, and
children; having with them fix canoes, and all their utenfils; which made it
probable that they were come to refide in the Sound. But this is only conjecture,
as it is common for them, when they go but even a little way, to carry
their whole property with them.
Captain Cook is led, from .various circumftances, to conclude that the inhabitants
of Tavai Toenammoo live-a wandering life, d ifp e r fed in fmall parties,
and knowing no head but the chief of the family or t r ib e . Whereas the inhabitants
of E a h e i nomau we, the ifland-that for-ms the northern diftridtof New
Zealand, appear to be united under one head, and governed by g en e ra l lawsr
confequentJy
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