a r t s 78. O -H ï '. A v rt ï i s larger t h a n T a h e i t e e ; Tkipaya a d d e d “ i t i s
A N D " t h e f a t h e r o f a l l t h e i f la n d s . ”
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79. T s d e d - r o a , a fmall ill and, a few leagues to the North
o f O-Taheiteg, has no other inhabitants than thofe who
occafionally relbrt to it from Taheitee.
80. O -W A n N A , one o f the low iflands, Eaft: o f Taheitee.
81. T a t a - h a p a i , -82: T a p y - a r V , '83.. H i t o t t i ,
are three other names, of iflands which I found mentioned
in one o f the liftsj without any thing relative to their
fituation.
84. P a p p a a is a low iflandj fomewhat to the Eaft o f T oopai
(20), whofe inhabitants frequently go to this laft mentioned
illand in order to fi(h and to catch turtle, but their language
is not underftood by the people- of Borabora, who. refort
there for the fame purpofe. ■
As I have no account of the particular fituation. o f the five lalt
files, I omitted the names on the chart. However the number of
more than eighty files, is abundantly fufficfent *0 prove that the-
inhabitants of the Society-files have a competent and extenfive
knowledge of the geography o f their neighbourhood, confidering
the fmall fize and flight ftruflure of their embarkations, and the
want of a compafs; and that they cannot like the antient Phoenicians
and the Greeks, follow the fhores of an extenfive continent,
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in order to make difcoveries, but are obliged to crofs large trails o f a rt s
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the ocean before they arrive at another illand; and. what is more re- sciences
markable, having no other, provifions for thefe long navigations,
than their four pafte, and fome fruit, which cannot be kept above
a few days in an eatablf Hate j nor have they any vefiels large enough
to keep frefh water in for a long time ; and yet with all , thefe inconveniences,
they have difcovered lands at more- than 400 leagues
diftance round their iflands.
Th e Friendiy-ifles are a group whereof Tonga-Tabbu, E-Aoow-e,
and Namocka are the largeft; but we faw afterwards many fmall
ones, and heard a Hill greater number named. Th e fmall iflands
off the North Eaft point o f Tonga-Tabbu, were called W e w e g h e e .
When We were failing to Namocka, in 1774, we faw to the Eaft o f
it fome iflands, whereof one was called O -M 'a n g o - noo e and the
other O - M a n g o - e e t e e , i . e. great and little Mango-, they lay
both to the North o f our track; to the South o f it we obferved the
files of T o n o o - m e a and T e r e e e t c h e a . South o f Namocka-
nooe was N a m o c k a e e t e e ., which laft, Tafman called Namocaki,
on big drawing. T o the North Weft of Namocka,. are two high
ifles, the Wefternmofl is called T o f o o a , contains a Volcano, and
is defigned by Tafman, under the name Amattafoci, which fpelling
Captain Cook has adopted in his chart; the Eafternmoft of thefe
ifles is called by the natives O g h I o, but by Tafman Kaybay-
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