I now made my last presents to several of my friends with whom I had been most intimate, particularly to Teppahoo.  Several people expressed great desire to go with us to England.  Oedidee, who was always very much attached to us, said he considered it as his right, having formerly left his native place to sail with Captain Cook.  Scarce any man belonging to the ship was without a tyo, who brought to him presents, chiefly of provisions for a sea store.

April.  Friday 3.

Tinah and his wife, with his parents, brothers, and sister, dined with me today and, as I meant to sail early the next morning, they all remained on board for the night.  The ship was crowded the whole day with the natives, and we were loaded with coconuts, plantains, breadfruit, hogs, and goats.  In the evening there was no dancing or mirth on the beach such as we had been accustomed to, but all was silent.

Saturday 4.

At daylight we unmoored:  the stock of the best bower anchor was so much eaten by the worms that it broke in stowing the anchor:  the small bower had an iron stock, and in these voyages it is very necessary that ships should be provided with iron anchor stocks.  At half-past six there being no wind we weighed and, with our boats and two sweeps, towed the ship out of the harbour.  Soon after the sea breeze came, and we stood off towards the sea.

The outlet of Toahroah harbour being narrow I could permit only a few of the natives to be on board:  many others however attended in canoes till the breeze came, when I was obliged to leave them.  We stood off and on almost all the remainder of the day.  Tinah and Iddeah pressed me very strongly to anchor in Matavai bay and stay one night longer but, as I had already taken leave of most of my friends, I thought it better to keep to my intention of sailing.  After dinner I ordered the presents which I had preserved for Tinah and his wife to be put in one of the ship’s boats, and as I had promised him firearms I gave him two muskets, a pair of pistols, and a good stock of ammunition.  I then represented to them the necessity of their going away, that the boat might return to the ship before it was dark, on which they took a most affectionate leave of me and went into the boat.  One of their expressions at parting was “Yourah no t’ Eatua tee eveerah.”  “May the Eatua protect you, for ever and ever.”

All the time we remained at Otaheite the picture of Captain Cook, at the desire of Tinah, was kept on board the ship.  On delivering it to him I wrote on the back the time of the ship’s arrival and departure, with an account of the number of plants on board.