The two captives, it may be mentioned, scornfully refused to admit any knowledge of the "woman's work" of flax-dressing.

Soothed by Lieutenant-Governor King, they were safely restored by him to their people loaded with presents.
When in Norfolk Island, one of them, at King's request, drew a map of New Zealand, which is of interest as showing how very little of his country a Maori of average intelligence then knew.

Of even more interest to us is it to remember that the kindly Lieutenant-Governor's superior officer censured him for wasting time--ten whole days--in taking two savages back to their homes.
For two generations after Cook the English Government paid no attention to the new-found land.

What with losing America, and fighting the French, it had its hands full.

It colonized Australia with convicts--and found it a costly and dubious experiment.