The lime still grows, and some of the poorer natives express the juice to sell to the shipping.
It is highly valued as an anti-scorbutic.

Nor was the variety of foreign fruits and vegetables which were introduced the only benefit conferred by the first visitors to the Society group.

Cattle and sheep were left at various places.

More of them anon.
Thus, after all that of late years has been done for these islanders, Cook and Vancouver may, in one sense at least, be considered their greatest benefactors..