It says much for his humane treatment of natives.
On leaving this, Cook records that he had at different times left about a dozen pigs in New Zealand.

These increased, and stocked the whole island by the time the English settlers arrived.
On the way to Tahiti Cook fell across several islands belonging to what was afterwards called after him, the Cook Group.

He visited Mangaia, Atiu, Takutea,* (* Spelt by Cook Mangeea, Wateeo, and Otakootaia.) and the Hervey Islands.

Relations were established with the natives, and Cook was much interested at finding on Atiu three natives of the Society Islands, the survivors of twelve, who had been blown away in a canoe, and landed on this island, five hundred miles distant.

As he remarks, this throws great light on the manner in which the different islands of the Pacific have been peopled.
Cook now made up his mind that he was too late to prosecute discovery this year on the American Continent, it being well into April, and being anxious to save the remaining cattle that he wished to land at Tahiti, and which had been taken on board especially for this purpose, the island being still far to windward, he bore away for the Friendly Islands for fodder and refreshments.