1777- To v e rify this, the fo llow in g obfervations were made at
December. . >
v— v— -> U lie tea :
D a y o f
th e
M o n th .
W a t e r a t a
from
Hand,
to
M e a n T im e
ò f
H i g h W a te r .
Perp end icu
r ife . ,
In ch e s ;
November 6. 1 1 * 15 “ to 1 2 * 2 0 “
fi 00
t 5> S
7 - I I 4 0 I O O 1 2 2 0 5 . 2
8 . 1 1 3 5 1 2 5 0 . 1 2 1 2 5 , 0
11 40 I l 6 1 2 2 8 J> 5
1 0 , m 2 5 I I O 1 2 1 8 6 > 5
1 1 . 1 2 0 0 I 4 0 1 2 2 0 5. 0
1 2 . 11 oa i ° 5 1 2 02 5, 7
13. 9 3° 1 1 4 0 10 55 8 , 0
i 4 . r i 10 1 2 5 0 1 2 0© 8, 0
I S - 9 2 0 11 30' 1 0 2 5 9 7 2
1 6 . 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 , 0
1 7 - . 1 0 4 5 12 1 5 1 1 3 0 8 , 5
1 8 . 1 0 2 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 8 9 , 0
! 9 - 11 0 0 i 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 , 0
2 0 . 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 4 5 7, o>
2 1 . 1 1 0 0 i .0 0 1 2 0 0 8 , 0
2 2 . 1 1 3 ° i 0 7 1 2 1 8 8 , 0
S 3 - 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 4 5 6, 5
2 4 . 1 1 3 0 1 4 0 1 2 3 5 5 > 5
2 5 - 1 1 4 0 i 5 0 12 4 5 4 > 7
2 6 . 1 1 0 0 i 3 0 12 15 5 , s
H a vin g now finifhed all that occurs to me, w ith regard to
thefe iflands, w hich make fo confpieuous a figure in the
lift o f our difcoveries, the Reader w ill permit me to fufpend'
the profecution o f my Journal, w h ile he perufes the fo llow
in g Chapter, for w h ich I am indebted to Mr. Anderfon.
C H A P . IK .
Accounts o f Otaheite f i l l imperfeEl.— 7he prevailing Winds.
— Beauty o f the Country.— Cultivation.— Natural Cu-
riofties.— 'The Perfons o f the ~ Natives.— Difeafes.— General
CharaEler.— Love o f Pleafure.-— Language.—
Surgery and Phyfic.— Articles o f Food.— Effe&s o f
drinking A v a .— Times and Manner o f Eating.— Con-
neSlions.’with the Females.— Circumcifion.— Syflem o f Re-,
ligion.— Notions about the Soul and a future L ife.—
Various Superjlitions.— Traditions about the Creation.—
A n hiforical Legend.— Honours paid to the King.——
DiJlinElion o f Ranks.— Punifhment of Crimes.— Peculiarities
o f the neighbouring Ifands.'-— Names o f .their
Gods.— Names o f Ifands they v ift.— Extent o f theifr
Navigation.
* ''" I " O what has been faid o f Otaheite, in the accounts ©f 1777T
J . the fucceflive voyages o f Captain Wallis,,Monf. de ,Dec°mber'.
Bougainville, and Captain Cook, it would, at fir ft fight,
feem fuperfluous to add any thing ; as it m igh r be fuppofed,
that little'could be now produced, but a repetition o f what
has been told before. I am, however,, fa r from b eing o f '
that opinion ; and w ill venture to affirm, though a ve ry accurate
defcription o f the country, and o f the moft obvious
cuftoms o f its inhabitants, has been already given, efpe-
cia lly b y Captain Cook, that much ftill remain» untouched
that, in fome inftances, miftakes have been made, which
4 later.