Captain Clerke not having one of that length, told him he would get, one made for him by the morning; with which being satisfied, he left the hog, and went ashore without making any stay with us.

It will not be altogether foreign to the subject, to mention a circumstance, that happened to-day on board the Resolution.

An Indian chief asked Captain Cook, at his table, if he was a Tata Toa; which means a fighting man, or a soldier.

Being answered in the affirmative, he desired to see his wounds.

Captain Cook held out his right hand, which had a scar upon it, dividing the thumb from the finger, the whole length of the metacarpal bones.