Taio, Martier, and fame o f the other chiefs, remained with ns until
' _ - ' i we failed. This we were prevented doing till near nbo'n; when, with a
light breeze from the weftward, we put to fta, and they took an affectionate
leave of us.
Thus we quitted Mowee, little benefited by the refrefhments it had
afforded; for although I did not choOle to accept the inadequate returns
o f the chiefs, yet every article of this fort that was brought along fide
for Tale was purchafed, and the whole did not amount to two day’s fub-
fiftence.
The mean refult o f our obfervations made between the 12th and 17th,
fhewed the latitude of the fhip’s Ration at Raheina roadftead, to be 20°
50', the longitude 203“ 19'. All further nautical information, relative to
this anchorage and its immediate neighbourhood, will moft probably be
better obtained from the charts o f the iflands, than from any written
defeription.
CH A P T E R
C H A P T E R VIII.
Proceed to Whyteete bay— An Indian’s account o f the murder at Woahoo— .
Three o f the murderers brought on board— Their trial and execution—
Proceed to Attowai— Settle two female natives, found at Nootka— Quit
the Sandwich ijlands.
L i g h t baffling winds attended us, after leaving Raheina roadftead,
until the evening, when we reached the channel between Mowee and
Morotoi, where we met the regular trade wind blowing a pleafant gale.
With this we flood to windward, and anchored for the night off the
n.w . part of Mowee in 19 fathoms water, foft fandy bottom. Its Ihores
extended by compafs from n. 51 e. to s. 4 e ., itsneareft part bore
e . by s. 2 miles from us, and the eaft point of Morotoi, n. 15 w . distant
8 miles.
Early the next morning, with a pleafant breeze from the n. e., we
flood over towards the eaft point o f Morotoi, until we were within a
league of the fhore, which was bounded by a reef extending about half a
league from it. Thus we failed along to the weftward, and faw feveral (hallow
breaks forming paffages for boats, but not affording any fhelter for
(hipping again!! the prevailing winds. About half a league lbuth o f the
eaft point of Morotoi, which is fituated in latitude 21° 9', longitude
203° 16', lies a fmall barren rocky iflet, called by the natives Modoo-
enete; and from that point the Ihores of the illand lie s. 53 w . In this
direftion the land rifes rather abruptly from the lea, towards the lofty
mountains in the center of the eaft part of Morotoi; and though the
acclivity was great, yet the face of the country, diverfified by emi-
V ol. II. D d
Monday 18.
Tucfday la.
nences