whom not finding room on board, remained
the whole day playing in the water.

Among the chiefs who came on board the Resolution, was a young
man, called Pareea, whom we soon perceived to be a person of great
authority. On presenting himself to Captain Cook, he told him, that
he was _Jakanee_[2] to the king of the island, who was at that time
engaged on a military expedition at Mowee, and was expected to return
within three or four days. A few presents from Captain Cook attached
him entirely to our interests, and he became exceedingly useful to
us in the management of his countrymen, as we had soon occasion to
experience. For we had not been long at anchor, when it was observed
that the Discovery had such a number of people hanging on one side, as
occasioned her to heel considerably; and that the men were unable to
keep off the crowds which continued pressing into her. Captain Cook,
being apprehensive that she might suffer some injury, pointed out the
danger to Pareea, who immediately went to their assistance, cleared
the ship of its encumbrances, and drove away the canoes that
surrounded her.

[Footnote 2: We afterward met with several others of the same
denomination; but whether it be an office, or some degree of affinity,
we could never learn with certainty.]

The authority of the chiefs over the inferior people appeared from
this incident to be of the most despotic kind. A similar instance
of it happened the same day on board the Resolution, where the crowd
being so great, as to impede the necessary business of the ship, we
were obliged to have recourse to the assistance of Kaneena, another of
their chiefs, who had likewise attached himself to Captain Cook.
The inconvenience we laboured under being made known, he immediately
ordered his countrymen to quit the vessel; and we were not a little
surprised to see them jump overboard, without a moment's hesitation,
all except one man, who, loitering behind, and shewing some
unwillingness to obey, Kaneena took him up in his arms, and threw him
into the sea.

Both these chiefs were men of strong and well-proportioned bodies,
and of countenances remarkably pleasing; Kaneena especially, whose
portrait Mr Webber has drawn, was one of the finest men I ever saw.
He was about six feet high, had regular and expressive features, with
lively, dark eyes; his carriage was easy, firm, and graceful.

It has been already mentioned, that, during our long cruise off this
island, the