without evident figns of fear, kept his place, and went on board the thip.

The cattle, and other objects, did not ftrike him with so much surprise as one might have expected. But, in fact, he feemed very uneafy; and as the fhip, on his getting on board, happened to be fland off fhore, this circumftance made him the more fo. After a fhort ftay, the Captain ordered a boat to carry him in towards land. As foon as he got out of the cabin, he ftumbled over one of the goats. His curiofity now overcoming his fear, he flopt, looked at it, and afked Omai, What bird this was? The boat having conveyed him pretty near the furf, he leaped into the fea, and fwam ashore. He had no fooner landed, than the multitude of his countrymen gathered round him, as if eager to learn what he had seen. As foon as the boat returned, the Captain made fail from the land to the northward. The natives of Mangea, as do all the New Zealanders falute ftrangers by joining nofes; adding, however, the additional ceremony of taking the hand of the perfon to whom they are paying civilities, and rubbing it, with a degree of force, upon their nose and mouths.

On the ift of April, Capt. Cook, came in fight of an ifland, nearly of the fame appearance, and extent as Mangea; and, at the fame time, another land, but much smaller, was feen right a head. The firft, as they afterwards learned from the natives, was called by them Wateeoo. It lies in the lat. of 20 deg. one min. S. and in the long. 201 deg. 45 min. E. and appeared to be a beautiful fpot, with a furface compofed of hills and plains, and covered with verdure of many hues. The next day, two armed boats were fent out, to look for anchoring ground and a landing-place. In the mean time, the natives came

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off in canoes, to vifit the two fhips, and to be quite free from the apprehenfions that in the inhabitants of Mangea. ciprocally given and received. fits, the natives, as they drew near the fhip, recited fome words in concert, by way of chorus, one of their number firft ftanding up, and giving the word before each repetion. When they had finished their folemn chant, they came along fide and asked for the Chief. After giving fome prefents, they were conducted into the cabin, and to ther parts of the hip. Some objects feemed to ftrike them with a degree of furprife; but nothing fixed their attention for a moment. They were afraid to come near the cows and horfes; nor did they form the leaft conception of their nature. But the fheep and goats did not furpafs the limits of their ideas; for they gave us to underftand, that they knew them to be birds. It will appear rather incredible, that human ignorance could ever make fo ftrange a mistake; there not being the moft diftant likenels, between a fheep or a goat, and any winged animal. But thefe people feemed to know nothing of the exiftance of any other land-animals, befides hogs, dogs, and birds. The fheep and goats, they could fee, were very dif ferent creatures from the two firft, and therefore they inferred, that they must belong to the latter clafs, in which they knew there is a confiderable variety of fpecies.

The people in these canoes differed little from the natives of Mangea. Ornaments, compofed of a fort of grafs ftained with red, and ftrung with berries of the night-fhade, were worn about their necks. Their ears were bored, but not flit; and they were punctured upon the legs, from the kee to the heel,

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Lieutenant Gore, with the two boats, returned in the afternoon, having found the fame obftructions both to landing and anchoring, which they had found at Mangea. But as the natives feemed very friendly, and to express a degree of disappointment, when they faw the boats crews fail in their attempt to land. Mr. Gore was of opinion, that by means of Omai, who could best explain the requeft, they might be prevailed upon to bring off to the boats beyond the furf, fuch articles as were moft wanted, in particular. the ftems of plantain-trees which were good food for the cattle.

Accordingly, about ten the next morning, Mr. Gore was dispatched with three boats, to try the experiment. Two of the natives, who had been on board, accompanied him; and Omai went as interpretor. In order to obferve their motions, and to be ready to give them fuch affiftance as they might want, Captian Cook kept as near the fhore as was prudent. He was fenfible, however, that the reef was as effectual a barrier between him and his friends who had landed, and put them as much beyond his protection, as if half the circumference of the globe had intervened. But the iflanders, it was probable, did not know this fo well as he did. In the mean time, the occafional vifits of the natives on board fhips, ferved to leffen his folicitude for his friends on fhore. At length, a little before fun-fet, he had fatisfaction of feeing the boats put off. When they got on board, he found that Mr. Gore, Omai, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Burney, were the only perfons that had landed. Mr. Anderson's narrative of the transactions of the day being extremely interefting, we fhall give it in his own words.

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'We rowed,' fays Mr. Anderfon, towards a fmall fandy beach, and came to an anchor within a hundred yards of the reef, which extends about as far, or a little further from the fhore. Several of the natives fwam off, bringing cocoa-nuts; and Omai, with their countrymen, whom we had with us in the boats, made them fenfible of our with to land. Soon after, two canoes came off; and to create a greater confidence in the islanders, we determined to go unarmed, and to run the hazard of being treated well or ill.

Our conductors, watching attentively the motions of the furf, landed Mr. Burney and myself, who were in the firft canoe, fafely upon the reef, An islander took hold of each of us, obviously with an intention to fupport us in walking over the rugged rock, to the beach, where feveral of the others met us, holding the green boughs, of a fpecies of Mimofa in their hands, and faluted us by joining their noses to ours. Mr. Gore and Omai were landed from the fecond canoe.

A great crowd flocked with eager curiofity to look at us; and would have prevented our proceeding, had not fome, who feemed to have authority, dealt blows, with little diftinction among them, to keep them off. We were then led up an avenue of cocoa palms; and foon came to a number of men arranged in two rows, and armed with clubs, which they held on their fhoulders, much in the fame manner as we rest a mufket. After walking a little way among thefe, we found a perfon who seemed a chief, fitting on the ground cross-legged, cooling himfelf with a fort of triangular fan, made from a leaf of the cocoa palm, with a polished handle of black wood, fixed to one corner. In his ears were large branches of beautiful red feathers, which pointed forward.

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But he had no other mark, or ornament, to diftinguith him from the reft of the people; though they all obeyed him with the greatest alacrity. He either naturally had, or at this time put on, a serious, but not severe countenance; and we were defired to falute him as he fat, by fome people who seemed of confequence.

'We proceeded still amongst the men armed with clubs, and came to a fecond chief, who fat fanning himfeif, and ornamented as the firft. He was remarkable for his fize, and common corpulence, though to appearance not above thirty. In the fame manner, we were conducted to a third chief, who feemed older than the two former, and though not fo fat as the fecond, was of a large fize. He alfo was fitting and adorned with red feathers; and after faluting him as we had done the others, he defired us both to fit down, upon which we were very willing to do, being pretty well fatigued with walking up and down, and with the exceffive heat we felt, amongst the vast crowd that surrounded us.

In a few minutes, the people were ordered to separate; and we faw, at the distance of 30 yards, about 20 young women, ornamented as the chiefs, with red feathers, engaged in a dance, which they performed to a flow and ferious air, fung by them all. We got up, and went forward to fee them; they continued their dance, without paying the least attention to us. They feemed to be directed by a man who served as a prompter, and mentioned each motion they were to make. But they never changed the fpot, as we do in dancing and though their feet were not at reft, this exercife confifted more in moving their fingers very nimbly, at the fame time holding their hands, in a prone pofition near the face, and now and then alfo clapping them together. Their motions,

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