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made fo as to tie upon the forehead without any crown, and
have the form of a femicircle, whofe radius is eighteen qr
twenty inches. But a drawing which Mr. Webber has made
of Poulaho, drefled in one of thefe the beft idea of them. The Chief flayebdo nonnet sb, owaridll tciolln vtheey
evening, when he left us; but his brother, whofe name was
alfo Futtafaihe, and one or two, or more, of his attendants,
continued in the ihip all night.
At day-break, the next morning, I weighed with a fine
breeze, at Eaft North Eaft, and flood to the Weftward, with a view to return to Annamooka, by the track we
had already experienced. We were followed by feveral failing canoes, in one of which was the king. As foon as he got on board the Refolution, he inquired for his
brother, and the others who had remained with us all
night. It now appeared, that they had flayed without
his leave ; for he gave them, in a very few words, fuch
a reprimand as brought tears from their eyes; and
yet they were men not lefs than thirty years of age. He was, however* foon reconciled to their making a longer
flay; for, on quitting us, he left his brother, and five of his attendants, on board. We had alfo the company of a Chief, juft then arrived from Tongataboo, whofe name was Tooboueitoa. The moment he arrived, he fent his canoe
away, and declared, that he and five more, who came with
him, would ileep on board; fo that I had now my. cabin filled with viliters. This, indeed, was fome inconvenience;
but I bore with it more willingly, as they brought plenty of provifions with them, as prefents to me; for which they
always had fuitable returns.
About
About one o’clock in the afternoon, the Eafterly win4 was ' 7 7 7 - fucceeded by a frefh breeze at South South Eaft. Our courfe, ' -v-*—• now being South South Weft, or more Southerly, we were
obliged to ply to windward, and did but juft fetch the North
Side of Footooha by eight o’clock, where we fpent the
night, making Ihort boards.
The next morning, we plyed up to Lofanga, where, according to the information of our friends, there was anchorage.
It was one o’clock, in the afternoon, before we got foundings, under the lee or North Weft fide, in forty fathoms water, near half a mile from the ihore; but the bank was fteep, and the bottom rocky, and a chain of breakers lay to leeward. All thefe circumffiances being againft us, I ftretched away for Kotoo, with the expe&ation
of finding better anchoring ground under that ifland. But
fo much time had been fpent in plying up to Lofanga,
that it was dark before we reached the other; and, finding no place to anchor in, the night was fpent as the preceding
one.
At day-break, on the 31ft, I flood for the channel which Saturday 31-.
is between Kotoo, and the reef of rocks that lie to the Weftward of it; but, on drawing near, I found the wind
too fcant to lead us through. 1, therefore, bore up on the outfide of the reef, and ftretched to the South Weft, till near
noon, when, perceiving that we made no progrefs to windward,
and being-apprehenfive of lofing the iilands, with £0 many of the natives on board, I tacked and flood hack, intending
to wait till fome more favourable opportunity. We
did but juft fetch in with Footooha, between which and Kotoo we fpent the night, under reefed topfails and forefail.
The wind blew freih, and hy fqualls, with rain; and we
were