land. We now set the forge to work,
and the armourers were busily employed in making knives and iron work to
trade with the savages. On the 16th we discovered a Lagoon Island of
about three or four miles extent; it was well wooded, but had no
inhabitants, and was named Ducie's Island, in honour of Lord Ducie.

On the 17th we discovered another Island, about five or six miles long,
with a great many trees on it, but was not inhabited: this was called
Lord Hood's Island.

On the 19th we discovered an Island of the same description as the
former, which was named Carrisfort Island, in honour of Lord Carrisfort.

On the 22nd passed Maitea, and on the morning of the 23rd of March
anchored in Matavy bay, in the Island of Otaheitee. In the dawn of the
morning, a native immediately on seeing us, paddled off in his canoe, and
came on board, who shewed expressions of joy to a degree of madness, on
embracing and saluting us, by whom we learnt that several of the
mutineers were on the island; but that Mr. Christian and nine men had
left Otaheitee long since in the _Bounty_, and amused the natives, by
telling them Captain Bligh had gone to settle at Whytutakee, and that
Captain Cook was living there. Language cannot express his surprise on
Lieutenant Hayward's being introduced to him, who had been purposely
concealed.

At eleven in the forenoon the Launch and Pinnance was dispatched with
Lieutenants Corner and Hayward and twenty-six men, to the north west part
of the island, in quest of mutineers. Immediately on our arrival, Joseph
Coleman, the armourer of the _Bounty_, came on board, and a little after
the two midshipmen belonging to the _Bounty_; at three Richard Skinner
came off, and on the 25th the boats returned, after chasing the mutineers
on shore, and taking possession of their boat. As they had taken to the
heights, and claimed the protection of Tamarrah, a great chief in Papara,
who was the proper king of Otaheitee, the present family of Ottoo being
usurpers, and who intended, had we not arrived with the assistance of the
_Bounty's_ people, to have disputed the point with Ottoo.

On the twenty-seventh we sent the Pinnace with a present of a bottle of
rum to king Ottoo, who was with his two queens at Tiaraboo, requesting
the honour of his company, but the bottle of rum removed all scruples,
and next day the royal family paid us a visit, and in his suit came
Oedidy, a chief particularly noticed by Captain Cook.

On the