them j b e in g fa r lefs confpicuous than feveral others which
we had feen, as w e failed along the coaft, and particularly
than that on the oppolite fide o f the water, irt this v a lley ;
the white henananoo, or pyramid, o f which, w e "Were now al-
moft fure, derived its colour only from pieces o f the confe-
crated cloth laid over it. In feveral parts, with in the in -
clofure o f this burying-ground, were planted trees o f the
cordia febejlina ; fome o f the morbnda citrifolia; and feveral
plants o f the etee, or jejee, o f Tongataboo, w ith the leaves o f
w h ich the hemanaa was th a tch ed ; and, as I obferved, that
this plant was not made ufe o f in thatching their dwell-
ing-hou fe s, probably it is referved entirely fo r religious
purpofes.
Our road to and from the moral, which I have defcribed,
la y throu gh the plantations. T h e greateft part o f the
ground was quite flat, with ditches fu ll Of water in te r fe r in
g different parts, and roads that feemed artificially raifed
to fome he ight. T h e interfpaces were, in general, planted
with taro, which grows here w ith great ftrength, as the fields
are fun k below the common level, fo as to contain the water
neceffary to nouriih the roots. T h is water probably comes
from the fame fource, w h ich fupplies the large pool from
w hich w e filled our calks. On the drier fpaces were feveral
fpots, where the cloth-mulberry was planted, in regu lar row s ;
alfo g row in g vigoroufly, and kept ve ry clean. T h e cocoa-
trees were not in fo thriving a ftate, and were a ll lo w ; but
the plantain-trees made a better appearance; though they
were not large. In general, the trees round this village,
and which were feen at many o f thoie which we paffed before
w e anchored, are the cordia febejlina; but o f a more diminutive
fize than the produft o f the Southern ifles. The
greateft part o f the village Hands near the beach, and confifts
fills o f above fixty houfes th e re ; but, perhaps, about forty
more ftand fcattered about, farther up th e country, toward 1— \—
the burying-place.
A fte r we had examined, ve ry carefu lly, every thing that
was to be feen about the moral, and Mr. Webber had taken
drawings o f it, and o f the adjoining country, we returned
b y a different route. I found a great crowd affembled at the
b e a c h ; and a briik trade for pigs, fowls, and roots, g o in g
on there, w ith rhe greateft good o rd e r ; though I did not
obferve any particular perfon, w ho took the lead amongft
the reft o f his countrymen. At noon, I went on board to
dinner, and then fent Mr. King, to command the party
aihore. He was to have gone upon that fervice in the
morning, but was then detained in the ihip, to make lunar
obfervations. In the afternoon, I landed again, accompanied
b y Captain Clerke, w ith a v iew to- make another ex-
curfion u p the country. But, before this could be put in
execution, the day was too far fpent ; fo that I laid afide m y
intention for the prefent ¡ and it fo happened, that I had not
another opportunity. At fun-fet, I brought every body on
b o a rd ; h a v in g procured, in the courfe o f the day, nine
tons o f w a te r ; and, b y exchanges, chiefly for nails and
pieces o f iron, about feventy or e igh ty pigs; a few fowls, a
quantity o f potatoes, and a few plantains, and taro roots.
T h e fe people merited ou r beft commendations, in this commercial
intercourfe, never once attempting to cheat us,
either afhore, or along-fide the ihips. Some o f' them, indeed,
as already mentioned, at firft, betrayed a thieviih dif-
pofition; or rather, they thought, that they had a right to
every thing they could lay their hands upon ; but they foon
laid afide a con d u it, which, we convinced them, they could
not perfevere in with impunity.
Amongft