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J AN« ART.
me, and that I cdnfidered myfblf under great obligàtions to
them for the trouble they had been at on my account.
\ léarnt afterwards that '■ they had aétuàllyïeizëd and hound
thé deferters,' but had been prevailed upon* -by-fair promifeS
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o f their returning peaceably to;‘the fhip, to let them- Idofe :
the deferters, however^’finding an opportunity té get pof-
feflionof their arms %amF^Efhe fts^ives at defiande. '
This afternoon, I piinifhed one o f the feamen, Ifaac Martin,
with nineteen lathes, for ftriking an Indian. This was
a tranfgreffion of To ferions a nature, and ffich- a dirèét violation
of my orders, that I would on no accouht be pre-
vailed on to forgive it, though great interceffion was made
by Tome o f the ckiefs.' :
* Oreepyah and Moannah were not yet returned from Te-
thuroa. This place is reforted to by the principal people o f
this part of Otaheite, at particular-feafons,;when fifh are in
great plenty there. It was 5 defcribed to me to beva group
o f final! keys, furrounded by a reef : -their produce is
chiefly cocoa-nuts and plantains* During the feafon, brehd-
fruit and other provifions are daily: carried • oYef from
Otaheite. Not lefs than , a hundreds fail of - canoes were at
Tethuroa when our deferters were there* '
Teppahoo and his wife were become my confiant vifi-
tors : he had for fome time paffc been'ill, and bad1 made
Oparre his place o f refidenceffbr the' benefit o f our; furgeon’s
advice and affiftance. At this time he complained o f a
hoarfenefs and fore-throàt. Mr. Ledward, oft examining
him, difcovered there had been two holes iit thé roof a f his
mouth, which, though healed, had th&appearartce-of having
been large : the adjacent parts appeared fbu’nd, yet the fur-
gfeoii-was o f opinion that they were cancerous, and would
in the end occafibn.his death*
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t iTbis morning, I ordered »all the- dibits to. be taken on jA*7®|*Rr
fhore, andthe infide of the fhip to be wafhédwith boiling Ï> — — '«
water, td kill the cockroaches. - We were con-ftantly obliged Satur4ay 3«>
to be at:great pains to, keep the fhip clear of vermin, on ac- ,
count of the--plants'.— Byfehe help of.traps and good cats, we’
were. freed, from rats and miceia; When I .was at Otaheite
with Captain'Cook, there were^greabnumbers of rats about all’
thethoufes,- and fotame, that they flocked round thepeople.
af thjeit1 meals for the offals^which were" commonly thrown
to .them; but, at this .time, we fdarce everyfayv' a rat, which1
muft be .attributed^tQ .the induftry-of a breed of cats1 left
here by Europe&n. fliips d v-
After breakfaft, I walked with Tinahdo-Matavai, tafee the
cattle arid the gardens.- Tinah had already taken fa large a
4o%>9f,^he Ay-a, .that h© was perfectly, ftupified.' Iddeah,
however, .wa^yrith;üs,-,and?theïis onb of themoft intelligent'
peribris{! met.with a f Otaheite. .We,-went jSkfBrto-Eoeeno’s^
houfe, and faw the, bull and cbw together ,ih':a> very" fine'
pafture,; I.jvas- infdrmedfthat the cow had taken the bull; fo{
-that, i^; no, untojwaï'dï accident happens,/ there ds ,a .fair-
chance/#®the breed bei'ng^eftablifhed* In.the?gardetvnear.
Poeenp’s houfe,- many thiffgSs had failed. The Indiantfcom'
was in asfine fiat#,.and I have no doubt but' .theywidfculti-*-1
vat-e it all-over the country. A fig-tree was in1 ® tftery - thriving'.
Wfiyy^s frpre two,-vines, a pkie-rapple.. plant,aandfome ,llij>s
of a fhaddpck-tree. From thisplace, ,we walked to the gar-;
den a^,Pointv.yerm®-; but I had the mprtificationr toifihd
almoft e^ery thing there deftroyed by the h’ogs. - .Some un->
derground peafe and Indian; had/efbaped, aad.-like.wife
the caliloo green and ocra of Jamaica.
We returned .to the Ihip; and after dinner I was not a little
furprifed W hear Tinah ferioufly propofe that he and his
R ‘ wife.