[Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook: with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Andrew Kippis]@TWC D-Link book
Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook: with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods

CHAPTER VI
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A proportionable part of the hill was included in the grant.

This business having been adjusted in a satisfactory manner, the carpenters of both ships were employed in building a small house for Omai, in which he might secure his European commodities.

At the same time, some of the English made a garden for his use, in which they planted shaddocks, vines, pineapples, melons, and the seeds of several other vegetable articles.

All of these Captain Cook bad the satisfaction of seeing in a flourishing state before he left the island.
At Huaheine, Omai found a brother, a sister, and a brother-in-law, by whom he was received with great regard and tenderness.

But though these people were faithful and affectionate in their attachment to him, the captain discovered, with concern, that they were of too little consequence in the island to be capable of rendering him any positive service.


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