glish left the island. Omai here found a
brother, a sister, and a brother-in-law, but they were not people
capable of affording him any protection. Cook, therefore, advised him
to make handsome presents to some of the chiefs, that they might be
induced to protect him. To increase his security, Captain Cook took
every opportunity of impressing on the inhabitants that he purposed
returning, and that should he not find Omai in the state of security in
which he left him, his enemies might expect to feel the weight of his
resentment.

On the 22nd a man found means of carrying off a sextant from Mr
Bayley's observatory. Omai fixed on the culprit, who was a Bolabola
man, a hardened scoundrel. He confessed that he had taken the
instrument, and would show where it was. This did not save him,
however, from having his head and beard shaved, and both his ears cut
off, as a terror to the rest.

Omai's house being nearly finished on the 26th, many of his movables
were carried on shore. Among a variety of other useless articles was a
box of toys, which seemed greatly to please the multitude; but his
plates, dishes, mugs, and glasses he saw would be of no use to him, and
he therefore exchanged them with the crew for hatchets and other iron
tools. He is said to have had an electrical machine, a portable organ,
a coat of mail, and a helmet. He had also a musket and bayonet, a
fowling-piece, two pairs of pistols, and two or three swords or
cutlasses. The possession of these made him quite happy, though Cook
was of opinion that he would have been better without them. A horse and
mare, a boar and two sows, and a goat with kid were likewise given to
him.

The following inscription was cut on the outside of Omai's house:--

_Georgius Tertius, Rex, 2 Novembris, 1777_.

_Naves Resolution, Jacobus Cook, Pr. Discovery, Carolus Clerke, Pr_.

On bidding his friends farewell Omai sustained himself with firmness,
till he came to Captain Cook, when his utmost efforts failed to conceal
his tears, and he wept all the time of going on shore. Even at last he
would have remained on board the Resolution. The two New Zealand youths
were very anxious to remain with the English, and the younger, who was a
witty, smart boy, and consequently much noticed, had to be carried on
shore by force.

Deep interest was often expressed in England as to the fate of the
"gentle savage" who had been brought from the South Seas, and so soon
learned the