pectation of finding something
of value, that we might have left behind. As I happened to remain the
last on shore, and waited for the return of the boat, several came
crowding about me, and having made me sit down by them, began to
lament our separation. It was, indeed, not without difficulty I was
able to quit them. And here, I hope I may be permitted to relate a
trifling occurrence, in which I was principally concerned. Having had
the command of the party on shore, during the whole time w were in
the bay, I had an opportunity of becoming better acquainted with the
natives, and of being better known to them, than those whose duty
required them to be generally on board. As I had every reason to be
satisfied with their kindness, in general, so I cannot too often, nor
too particularly, mention the unbounded and constant friendship of
their priests.

On my part, I spared no endeavours to conciliate their affections, and
gain their esteem; and I had the good fortune to succeed so far,
that, when the time of our departure was made known, I was strongly
solicited to remain behind, not without offers of the most flattering
kind. When I excused myself, by saying, that Captain Cook would
not give his consent, they proposed, that I should retire into the
mountains, where, they said, they would conceal me, till after the
departure of the ships; and on my farther assuring them, that the
captain would not leave the bay without me, Terreeoboo and Kaoo
waited upon Captain Cook, whose son they supposed I was, with a formal
request, that I might be left behind. The captain, to avoid giving a
positive refusal, to an offer so kindly intended, told them, that he
could not part with me at that time, but that he should return to the
island next year, and would then endeavour to settle the matter to
their satisfaction.

Early in the morning of the 4th, we unmoored, and sailed out of the
bay, with the Discovery in company, and were followed by a great
number of canoes. Captain Cook's design was to finish the survey of
Owhyhee, before he visited the other islands, in hopes of meeting with
a road better sheltered than the bay we had just left; and in case of
not succeeding here, he purposed to take a view of the south-east part
of Mowee, where the natives informed us we should find an excellent
harbour.

We had calm weather all this and the following day, which made our
progress to the northward very slow. We were accompanied by a great
nu