it ag i made th e c h ie f o b fe rv e th e d iftance at w h ic h th e {hot fe ll from
“ th e {hip. T h e w in d had n ow th e appearance o f c om in g from th e
“ fo u th w a r d ; and as th a t w in d th row s a grea t fu r f o n the {hore, th e y
“ w e r e an x io u s to g e t aw a y . T o o -g e e and H o o -d o o to o k an affec-
“ tion a te le a v e o f e v e r y p e r fon on bo ard, and mad e me remember m y
“ p rom ife o f v if it in g them a g a in , w h e n th e y w o u ld re tu rn to N o r fo lk
“ I {land w i th th e ir fam ilie s . T h e v ene rab le ch ie f, after h a v in g fak en
“ grea t pains to p ron ou n ce m y n am e , an d made me w e ll acqua inted
“ w i th h is , g o t in to h is canoe and le ft us. O n p u t t in g o f f from the
“ fh ip , th e y w e r e faluted w i th th re e cheers, w h ic h th e y re turn ed as
“ well as th e y co u ld , b y T o o -g e e ’ s d ire ftio n s . I t w a s n ow fe v en in
« th e m o rn in g o f th e 1 3 th : at n in e a b reeze came from the n o rth,
1 w ith w h ic h w e flo o d to the eaftwa rd . A f t e r a paffage o f fiv e d a y s
“ from N ew Z e a lan d , (h a v in g h ad lig h t w in d s ,) and ten d a y s abfence
“ from N o r fo lk Iflan d , I landed at thre e o’ c lo c k in th e a fte rn o on o f
“ th e 1 8th.
“ T h e little in te r cou r fe th a t I h ad w i th th e N e w Z ea lan d e rs (as I
a w a s o n ly e igh te en hou rs o f f that ifland , tw e lv e o f w h ic h w e r e in
a th e n ig h t) does no t enab le me to fa y m u ch re fp e& in g th em , o r to
“ fo rm a n y d e c ifiv e o p in io n o f th em , as m u ch o f th e ir fr ie n d ly b e -
“ h a v io u r in th is flig h t in te r v iew m ig h t be o w in g to o u r co n n e x io n
“ w i th T o o -g e e and H o o -d o o , and th e ir b e in g w i th us. T h e fe tw o
“ w o r th y favages ( i f th e te rm m a y be a llow ed ) w i l l , I am co n fid en t,
“ e v e r retain th e m oft g ra te fu l rem em bran ce o f th e kin dn e ffe s th e y
“ re c e ived on N o r fo lk Ifland ; and i f th e grea te r p art o f th e ir c o u n t r y -
* m en h a v e b u t a fm a ll p or tion o f th e amiable d ifp ofition o f T o o -g e e
« and H o o -d o o , th e y c e r ta in ly are a p eop le b e tw e en w h om and th e
“ E n g l ilh colonifts a g o od u n d e r ftan d in g m a y w i th com m on p ru d en ce
“ and p re caution be cu ltiv ated . I re g re t v e r y m u ch th a t th e fe rv ice
“ on w h ic h th e B r ita n n ia w a s ordered did no t p e rm it me to detain
“ h e r lo n g e r ; as in a few d a y s , w i th th e h e lp o f ou r tw o fr ien d s ,
“ m u ch ureful in fo rm a tion m ig h t h a v e been obta ined r e fp e a in g the
“ q u a n tity o f m an u fa ctu red f la x th a t m ig h t be p rocu red , w h ic h I
“ th in k w o u ld b e o f h ig h im p o r tan c e i f better k n ow n . T h e grea t
a QUa n t ity th a t was p rocured in e x ch a n g e fo r fmall p ieces o f iron ho op
^ 8 “ is
a |g a p ro o f, th a t an abund ance o f th is v alu a b le ar ticle is manufa c—
“ tured am o n g them .
“ T h e articles that I g a v e T o o -g e e and H o o -d o o co n fid ed o f h an d -
S a x e s ; a fmall affortment o f carpenters’ to o ls , f ix fpades, fom e ho e s,
i w ith a few kn iv e s , fc iffofs , and ra zors ; tw o bufhels o f m a iz e , o n e
I o f w h e a t, tw o o f peafe, and a q u a n tity o f gard en fe e d s ; ten y o u n g
§1 fow s , and tw o b o a r s , w h ic h T o o -g e e and th e c h ie f fa i th fu lly p ro -
“ mifed fliould be pre fe rv ed fo r b re ed in g , a p rom ife w h ic h I am in -
“ d in e d to th in k th e y w i ll ftr iCtly o b fe rv e
* The firft place the Fancy made at New Zealand was Doubtlefs Bay, which the
mafter defcribes- as a very dangerous place for a veflel to go into, and ilill worfe to lie at,
as it is open to the eafterly winds. On their coming to an anchor, which was not till
late in the evening (in December 1795), feveral canoes came round the veflel, but did
not venture alongfide until Too-gee was inquired for, when the New Zealanders exclaimed
a My-ty Governor King ! My-ty Too-gee ! My-ty Hoo-doo !” Some went on
board, and others put in to fliore, returning foon after with Too-gee and his wife. He
had not forgotten his Englilh, at leaft the more common expreflions. He informed Captain
Dell, that he had one pig remaining alive, and fome peafe growing ; but what became
of the reft of his Itock he did not fay. As Doubtlefs Bay was found a bad place to
remain in, the Fancy endeavoured to get out, but was obliged to return, when the two
lads who wilhed to fee Norfolk Ifland, being fca-fick, left her.
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