_r I778* them. We continued trading with them November. . 0 till four o’clock
' r -—> m the afternoon, when, having difpofed o f all their cargoes,
and not feeming inclined to fetch more, we made fail, and
flood off ihore.
While we were ly in g to, though the wind blew freih, I
obferved that the ihips drifted to the Eaft. Confequently,
there muft have been a current fetting in that direction.
This encouraged me to ply to- windward, with a view to
ge t round the Eaft end o f the ifland, and fo have the
Mo»day3o. whole lee-fide before us. In the afternoon o f the 30th, bein
g o ff th e North Eaft end o f tire ifland, feveral canoes-came
o ff to the ihips. Moft o f thefe belonged to a- C h ie f named
Terreeoboo, who came in one o f them. He made me a-pre-
fent o f two or three fmall pigs ; and we g o t, by barter,
from the other people, a little fruit. After a ilay o f about
two hours, they all lefeus. except fee o r'e igh r'o f-th e ir company,"
who chofe to remain on board. A double failing canoe
came, foon after, to attend upon them-; which w e towed
aftern all night. In the evening, we dffcovered' another
ifland to windward, which the natives call Owhyhee. T h e
n ame o f that, o ff which we had been for fome days, we were
alfo told, is Mowee.
hecember. On the ift o f December, at e igh t m- the morning, Owhy—
Taetd.y .. hee exten(j ecj f rom South 22° Eaft, to South 12° W e ft; and
Mowee from North 41° to North 83* Weft. Finding that w e
could fetch Owhyhee, I flood for i t ; and our vifiters from.
Mowee not chooiing to accompany us, embarked in their
canoe, and went aihore. At feven in the evening, we were
clofe up with the North fide o f O whyhee; where we fpent
the night, Handing o ff and on.
In
in the morning o f the 2d, we were furprized to fee the *778.
fummits o f the mountains on Owhyhee covered with
fnow. T h e y did not appear to be o f any extraordinary Wednef- ~
h e tg h t ; and yet, in fome places, the fnow feemed to be o f a
confiderable depth, and to have lain there fome time As
w e drew near the lhore, fome o f the natives came o ff to us
T h e y were a little ih y at firft; but we foon enticed fome o f
them on board ; and at laft prevailed upon them to return to
the ifland, and bring o ff what we wanted. Soon after thefe
reached the ihore, we had company enough ; and few ,
coming empty-handed, we got a tolerable fu p p ly o f fmall pigs,
fruit, and roots. We continued trading with them till fixin
the evening ; when we made fail, and flood off, with a view
o f p lyin g to windward round the ifland.
In the evening o f the 4th, w e obferved an eclipfe o f the Friday
moon. Mr. King.made, ufe o f a n ig lu - t e le f c c j l r^ f f c u la r
aperture being placed at the objeft end, about one-third o f
the fize o f the common aperture. I obferved with the tele-
fcope o f one o f Ramfden’s fextants; which, I think, anfwers
this purpofe as well as any other. The fo llow in g times are
the means, as obferved b y us both.
& s ' 2s " beginning o f the eclipfe ) . J ( 204° 40' 4 /
8h 27' 2s " end o f the eclipfe jh o n g itu d e | ^ 15»
Mean - » _ . I ^ T T "
2 ° 4 35 o"
T h t penumbra was vifible, at leaft ten minutes before the
beginning, and after the end o f the eclipfe. I meafured the
uneclipfed part o f the moon, with one o f R amfden’s fextants
feveral times before, at, and after the middle o f the e c lip fe ’
but did not get the time o f the middle fo near as might have
been effected by this method. Indeed thefe obfervations
were
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