the best of
my way thither, and we saw the Fallafagee islands (which lie near
Annamooka) [Kotu Group?] before dark, and also Toofoa, Kaho and Hoonga
Tonga islands to the Westward, which are visible at a greater distance.

On the 28th July anchored in Annamooka Road. The person who now had the
principal authority on the shore was a young chief whom we had not seen
before. There was the same respect paid to him as was paid to Fattahfahe
and to Toobou; neither of these chiefs nor Moukahkahlah were now in the
islands, and the natives were now more daring in their thefts than ever,
and would sometimes endeavour to take things by force, and robbed and
stripped some of our people that were separated from the party. Lt.
Corner, who commanded the watering and wooding parties on shore, received
a blow on the head and was robbed of a curiosity he had bought and held
in his hand, and with which the thief was making off. Lt. Corner shot the
thief in the back, and he fell to the ground; at the same instant the
natives attempted to take axes and a saw from the wooding party, and
actually got off with two axes, one by force and the other by stealth,
but they did not succeed in getting the saw. Two muskets were fired at
the thieves, yet it was supposed that they were not hurt, but we are told
that the other man died of his wound. One of the yawls was on shore at
the time, and the long boat was landing near her with an empty cask. Lt.
Corner drew the wooding and watering parties towards the boats and then
began to load them with the wood that was cut.

A boat was sent from the ship to inquire the cause of the firing that was
heard, but before she returned a canoe came from the shore to inform the
principal chief (whom I had brought on board to dine with me) that one of
the natives had been killed by our people. The chief was very much
agitated at the information, and wanted to get out of the cabin windows
into the canoe, but I would not suffer him to do it and told him I would
go on shore with him myself in a little time in one of the ship's boats.
Our boat soon returned and gave me an account of what had passed on
shore. I told the chief that the Lieutenant had been struck, and that he
and his party had been robbed of several things, and that I was very glad
that the thief had been shot, and that I should shoot every person who
attempted to rob us, but that no other person except the thief should be
hurt by us on that account. The axes