Mr.King had in so high a degree conciliated the affections, and gained the esteem, of the inhabitants of Owhyhee, that, with offers of the most flattering nature, he was strongly solicited to remain in the country.

Terreeoboo and Kaoo waited upon Captain Cook, whose son they supposed Mr.King to be, with a formal request, that he might be left behind.

To avoid giving a positive refusal to an offer which was so kindly intended, the captain told them that he could not part with Mr.King at that time, but that, on his return to the island in the next year, he would endeavour to settle the matter to their satisfaction.
[Footnote 13: Orono was a title of high honour, which had been bestowed on Captain Cook] Early on the 4th, the ships sailed out of Karakakooa Bay, being followed by a large number of canoes.

It was our commander's design, before he visited the other islands, to finish the survey of Owhyhee, in hopes of meeting with a road better sheltered than the bay he had just left.

In case of not succeeding in this respect, he purposed to take a view of the south-east part of Mowee, where he was informed that he should find an excellent harbour.
The circumstances which brought Captain Cook back to Karakakooa Bay, and the unhappy consequences that followed, I shall give from Mr.
Samwell's narrative of his death.