A
V O Y A G E
T O THE
P A C I F I C O C E A N .
B O O K IL
From leaving New Zealand, to our Arrival at
Otaheite, or the Society Illands.
C H A P . i.
Brofecution o f the Foyage.-— Behaviour o f the Two New
Zealanders on board.— Unfavourable Wmds. A h
I f and called Mangeea difcobered.— The Coafi o f it
examined.— TranfaEiions with the N a tiv es.— A n A c count
o f their Perfons, D refs, and Canoe.— Defeription-
o f the I f and.— A Specimen o f the Language.— D f
poftion o f the Inhabitants.
ON the s5th, at ten o’olock in the morning, a light 1777J
breeze fpringing up at North Weft by Weft; we ■ Eebruaiy%
weighed, flood out of the Sound, and made fail through Tae!'d3)' 2s*
the ftrait, with the Difcovery in company. We had hardly
got the length of- Cape Tierawhitte, when the wind took
ma aback at South Eaft. It .continued, in this quarter till
two.