cipal cause of their quarrels. Christian had been frequently heard to
declare that he would search for an unknown or uninhabited island in
which there was no harbour for shipping, would run the ship ashore and
get from her such things as would be useful to him and settle there, but
this information was too vague to be followed in an immense ocean strewed
with an almost innumerable number of known and unknown islands; therefore
after the ship was caulked, which I found was necessary to be done, the
rigging overhauled and in other respects refitted her for sea, and fitted
the pirates' schooner as a tender, and put on board two petty
officers[38-1] and seven men to navigate her, conceiving she would be of
considerable use in covering the boats in my future search for the
_Bounty_, as well as for reconnoitring the passage through the reef
leading to Endeavour Straits; I sailed from Otaheite on the 8th of May
with a view to put the remainder of my orders into execution.

Oediddee was desirous to go in the _Pandora_ to Ulietia and to Bolabola,
and as I thought he would be useful as a guide for the boats I took him
with me and steered for Huahaine which we saw the next morning. The
tender and the boats were employed the 9th and part of the 10th in
examining the harbours, and Oediddee went with them as pilot. Several
chiefs came on board and brought with them hogs and other articles, the
produce of the island, and a servant of Omai also came on board, and said
that he was not then much the better for his master's riches, however his
former connections was the cause of his visit to the ship being made very
profitable to him, and all the chiefs and their attendances received
presents from me. Two of the chiefs of this island were desirous to go in
the ship to Ulietia and I had given them leave to, but when the ship was
about to make sail they suddenly changed their minds and went on shore
and took Oediddee with them. Oediddee promised to follow us there the
next day, but we did not see him again.

I proceeded to Ulietea Otaka and Bolabola, and the tender and boats were
employed in examining the bays and harbours of these islands, but we got
no intelligence of the _Bounty_ or her people. Tahatoo, who called
himself king of Bolabola, informed me that he had been a few days before
at Tubai, which is a small, low island situated on the Northward of
Bolabola and under its jurisdiction, and that there were no white men
upon that island