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C H A P . IV.
An Account o f the Difcoveryof feveral Ißands, an Inter-
1774*
view and Skirmijh with the Inhabitants upon one o f them.
fhe Arrival of the Ship at Tanna, and the Reception we
met with there.
CJ OQN after we got to fea, we had a breeze at E. S. E.,
t j with which we flood over for Ambrym till three o’clock
Saturday 23. jn the afternoon, when the wind veering to E. N. E., we
Sunday 24.
tacked and ftretched to the S. E., and weathered the S. E. end
o f Mallicollo, off which we difcovered three or four fmall
i{lands, that before appeared to be connefted. At fun-fet
the point boreS. 770 Weft, diftant three leagues, from which
the coaft Teemed to trend away Weft. At thistime, the ifle
o f Ambrym extended from N. 3° E. to N. 65° E. The ifle of
Paoom from N. 76° E. to S. 88° E.; and the ifle of Apee from
S, 83° E. to S. 43° Eaft. We flood for this laft ifle, which we
reached by midnight, and then brought to till day-break on
the 24th, when we made fail to the S. E., with a view o f plying
up to the eaftward on the fouth fide of Apee. At fun-
rife, we difcovered feveral more iflands, extending from the
S. E. point o f Apee to the South as far as S. E. by S. The
neareft to us we reached by ten o'clock, and not being able
to weather it, we tacked a mile from its fhore in fourteen
fathoms water. This ifland is about four leagues in circuit,
is remarkable by having three high peaked hills upon it, by
which it has obtained that name. In the P. M. the wind
veering more to the North, we refumed our courfe to the
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