thatched with palm-leaves, refting on a few pofts. Here
however they obferved a great many hogs, and fome common
poultry. The natives feemed to be convinced that our
people had no finifter intentions, and exprefled much lefs
-curiofity than in the morning. Their numbers were in-
confiderable in this place; and though they did not entirely
approve of captain Cook’s vifit to their houfes, they did not
oppofe it with perfeverance. From hence our gentlemen
proceeded farther towards the point, till they came in fight
• of the three iilands to the eaftward, of which they learnt the
names. The largeft, on which we had obferved the volcano,
was called Ambrrym, the high peek Pa-oom, and the
fouthernmofi: Apee, This good fuccefs encouraged them
to point to the land on which they flood, and to enquire
of the natives by what name that was diftinguiflied. The
name of Mallicollo, which they immediately received in
anfwer, was fo ftrikingly fimilar to Manicolo, which captain
Quiros had received and preferved above 160 years
.ago, that they rejoiced to obtain fuch indifputable proof of
his veracity. It appears from Quiros’s account, that he never
vifited Mallicollo himfelf, but only received intelligence
of it from the natives; however, that his Tierra del Efpiritu
Santo is a part of this group of iflands, feemed at prefent to
be very clear. Having obtained this information, they returned
to their boats ; but in their way one of them picked
up an orange on the fhore, which he fhewed to the natives.
They
They told him the name which it bears in their country,
and thus gave another proof that the accounts of Quiros,
relative to the productions of the lands difcovered by him,
are not void of foundation. We had found Ihaddocks in
the Friendly Iflands, but never met with oranges in any
ifland of the Pacific Ocean before. The ideas of the natural
riches of the ifland of Mallicollo were confiderably
raifed after this confirmation of Quiros’s reports. Our people
rowed into the harbour near two miles, and found its
bottom filled with mangroves, but could not meet with
frefh water. A river probably flowed into the fea among
thefe mangroves, but it was in Vain to attempt a paflage
through the clofe tiflite of their branches, which multiply
out of every feed, without forming a feparate tree. The
evening was very hot, and they returned on board heartily
tired. As they rowed along the fhore, they heard the
drums beating, and faw the natives dancing to the found
by their fires- Their mufic, and that which they made the
preceding night, was not remarkable either for harmony or
variety, but feemed to be of a more lively turn than that of.
the Friendly Iflands.
During night feveral of our people tried to fifh, and.
fome of them were fuccefsful. One caught a Ihark nine
feet long, which was now very acceptable, all our frefh pro-
vifions being entirely confumed, excepting a few yams,,
which were eaten inftead of bread. Another took an Indian;.
1774.
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