the mother of Teavee having married a second husband, who was a chief of Atooi, and at the head of a powerful faction there, he thought that the present opportunity was not to be neglected, of driving Toneoneo entirely out of the island, and of advancing his son-in-law to the government.  I have already had occasion to mention, that the goats, which had increased to the number of six, and would probably in a few years have stocked all these islands, were destroyed in the contest.

On the 4th, the mother and sister of the young prince and his father-in-law, with many other chiefs of that party, came on board the Resolution, and made several curious and valuable presents to Captain Clerke.  Amongst the former, were some fish-hooks, which they assured us were made of the bones of our old friend Terreeoboo’s father, who had been killed in an unsuccessful descent upon the island of Woahoo; and a fly-flap, presented to him by the prince’s sister, the handle of which was a human bone, that had been given her as a trophy by her father-in-law.  Young Teavee was not of the company, being engaged, as we were told, in performing some religious ceremonies, in consequence of the victory he had obtained, which were to last twenty days.

This and the two following days were employed on shore, in completing the Discovery’s water; and the carpenters were busy on board, in caulking the ships, and in making other preparations for our next cruise.  The natives desisted from giving us any further disturbance, and we procured from them a plentiful supply of pork and vegetables.

At this time, an Indian brought a piece of iron on board the Discovery, to be fashioned into the shape of a pahooah.  It was carefully examined both by the officers and men, and appeared to be the bolt of some large ship-timbers.  They were not able to discover to what nation it belonged; but from the pale colour[1] of the iron, and its not corresponding in shape to our bolts, they concluded that it certainly was not English.  This led them to make a strict enquiry of the native, when and where he got it; and, if they comprehended him right, it had been taken out of a piece of timber, larger than the cable-bit, to which he pointed.  This piece of wood, they farther understood from, him, to have been driven upon their island, since we were here in January 1778.

[Footnote 1:  It was evident, that the iron we found in possession of the natives at Nootka Sound, and which was mostly made into knives, was of a much paler sort than ours.]

On the 7th, we were surprised with a visit from Toneoneo.  When he heard the dowager-princess was in the ship, it was with great difficulty we could prevail on him to come on board, not from any apprehension that he appeared to entertain of his safety, but from an unwillingness to see her.  Their meeting was with sulky and lowering looks on both sides.  He staid but a short time, and seemed much dejected; but we remarked, with some