CHAP. IV.
Intercourfe with the N atives o f Komango, an d other Ifa n d s.
— A r r iv a l a t Annamooka.— TranfaEliom there.— Fee-
nou, a principal C hief, from Tongataboo, comes on a V ifit.
— The Manner o f his Reception in the I f and, and on
board.— Infances o f the p ilferin g Difpofition o f the Na~
tives — Some Account o f Annamooka.— The Paffage from
it to Hapaee.
O O ON after we had anchored, two canoes, the one with 1777.'
O four, and the other with three men, paddled toward . Afnl~ .
us, and came along-fide without the leaft hefitation. They Monday 23-
brought fome cocoa-nuts, bread-fruit, plantains, and fugar-
cane,' which they bartered with us for nails. One of the
men came on board; and when thefe canoes had left us,
another vifited us; but did not ftay long, as night was approaching.
Komango, the ifland neareft to us, was, at leaft,
five miles o ff; which ihews the hazard thefe people would
run, in order to poflefs a few of our moil trifling articles.
Befides this fupply from the ihore, we caught, this evening,
with hooks and lines, a conliderable quantity of filh.
Next morning, at four o’clock, I fent Lieutenant King, Tuefda)t,9.
with two boats, to Komango, to procure refreihments; and,
at five, made the fignal to weigh, in order to ply up to An-
namoqka, the wind being unfavourable at North Weft.
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