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STATE OF AFFAIRS ABOARD THE SHIP -- CONTENTS OF HER LARDER -- LENGTH OF SOUTH SEAMEN'S VOYAGES -- ACCOUNT OF A FLYING WHALE-MAN -- DETERMINATION TO LEAVE THE VESSEL -- THE BAY OF NUKUHEVA -- THE TYPEES -- INVASION OF THEIR VALLEY BY PORTER -- REFLECTIONS -- GLEN OF TIOR -- INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE OLD KING AND THE FRENCH ADMIRAL
Our ship had not been many days in the harbour of Nukuheva before I came to the determination of leaving her. That my reasons for resolving to take this step were numerous and weighty, may be inferred from the fact that I chose rather to risk my fortunes among the savages of the island than to endure another voyage on board the Dolly. To use the concise, pointblank phrase of the sailors. I had made up my mind to ‘run away'. Now as a meaning is generally attached to these two words no way flattering to the individual to whom they are applied, it behoves me, for the sake of my own character, to offer some explanation of my conduct.