ducted to his house; and the King, having been awakened from his sleep, came forth to meet him, and readily accepted his invitation to go on board. He accordingly went with the Captain towards the water-side, and his boys got to the pinnace, into which the youngest, Keowa, presently entered; but when the King was within about 30 yards of the shore, his people, conscious of what had been done, crowded around to detain him, his wife Kanona besought him with tears not to go on board, and two chiefs taking hold of him, made him sit down. The Captain, loath to give up the point, urged him to go forward; but the natives, alarmed at the firing of guns and musketry in the bay, by those who were detaining the canoes, crowded more closely around; and Lieut. Philips, finding his men huddled close together in the crowd, led them out, with the Captain's consent, the natives opening a passage for them, and they were drawn up in a line along the rocks, close to the water's edge. The King, who was seated beside a double canoe, that had been hauled up hither, was again urged to rise and accompany his friend on board; but the chiefs insisted on his staying: upon which, the Captain relinquished the attempt, observing to Mr. Philips, that he could not take the King on board by force, without the risk of killing a number of the inhabitants.
Hitherto the person of our navigator seemed in no danger; but when he was quitting Terreeoboo, and walking towards the boats, a serious tumult arose among the crowd. A man arriving in great haste from the other side of the bay, exclaimed, "It is war!" and informed the people, that Kareemoo, a chief, had been shot by one of the Dis-
