[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 bookNarrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook: with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods CHAPTER IV 31/198
When the chief was carried into the cabin, he viewed every part of it with some degree of surprise; but it was not possible to fix his attention to any one object for a single moment.
The works of art appeared to him in the same light as those of nature, and were equally distant from his powers of comprehension.
He and his daughter seemed to be the most struck with the number of the decks, and other parts of the ship. As Captain Cook proceeded in examining Dusky Bay, he occasionally met with some few more of the natives, with regard to whom he used every mode of conciliation.
On the 20th the chief and his family, who had been more intimate with our navigators than any of the rest of the Indians, went away, and never returned again.
This was the more extraordinary, as in all his visits he had been gratified with presents.
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