A 2 6 VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
BOOK ta c k in g m a d e fa il tow a rd s it. A t ;n o o p i t b.ore from
■— ,— s S.. 3° E . t.oJ^.rAL'W-* O u x l a t i t u d e w a s in ^ iffe re 'n t v i t
November, m a d e 22° 0' 54" S. a n d long- 208.°.32^ 8';. E .
28th. .Erefh breezes from theEaftward brought? us in fight
of the ifland;of Otahpite, bearing $p the If; NJB.«. Ait,
H A- M. we tacked fliip, Eaft-point of the land bearing
hL'Nv]£.; Low^point,.itx the centre of ,the iflatid,
K .'i W. off Ihore; Tiarrabon; eaft point, ^*,^4® AQa-
Lat. ob&rved 17° 47' 32";S. long. 2TG£ 44' 20? E.
- Account 208° 53' E.
%9th. The ,wind faon after noon fprung up favourably for
our courfe, and we-made all fail. As wepaffed Obi-.
tepehah jBa^r we were fiiraoualed by canoes, In; the
evening at 5 we anchored in 5 fathoms, -in; Matavai
Bay at 8 fathoms ; and the neat morning,; warped into
good anchorage.; In fo ; doing* we fwepf- an iron
flocked, anchor, which had belonged to-the Bounty,
when fhe cttt her cables,, and, went tofea from the Bay
with, the remaining mutineers. In the ednrf®'; of the
day we rajfed oar tents in Point Venus,to affeerthih
the rates of the time-pieces, and compleating our water.
The natives, afforded us every affiftance im our
various, pnrfuits, and amply, fupplied; ns with provi-
fions and. vegetables.
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m t m m
TO THE M)RTff PACIFIC OCEAN,
stlWe ? left @kaheit«^ withi nioderate breeds and ptea-
fant weathdo. U*At;n5io'n;.' EbiptYenus' bote; E. f Nd
three* or four miles t.fwaa hove to, toihoiff otkr boats in,»
and take leavfe of ©mv&iettdSx As. i f gave.- the* natives?
pleafure, I >fatuteddhemv> with four, guns on our de-I
parture/ Nob“a,man was’'’;;unwefr among the* erew,
apd tbeidecksiwese full of hdgaaiid’WgefeMes : Taidtxy
of* .tfofffe ‘hagsi’^eugbedd'moxe toham 2G0'-wt.. i -Ofa-
heite5tiand the manners of 'ite' iflMi^feKhi^fhave.'ihMiela*
fp* ajpp]yddfcribedb by ppeefed ing> navigators, that any:
further account might be deemed uhneceff&ry: °AhffeW'
(dfervationsi may therelbre7Ae fuffici<:nt. The, foil of
tbgrifftadrisi excellent*. .epufifting': aft; ah reddith; argillaceous
loa m, fometim.esf fandy atid o f a- black colour.
The ippe^parffdfj 'thc country rbdugjuiountainonsv its
fpiVfey^jfenthanv nearer’ fhesVfea., Here arer various
fp^einsf pfj frpes-;, and univferMly bver the! iflatad;
ah.upiclhocej ofi fprrngs, and; rivulets.. There arer great
quantiiiest b'fvCrufta^Mfus and teffkeeousfffifh-; different'
fpecies Of birds and.fea-fowl. Geefeare naturalized
h e reT ih ta t nos E u r o p e a n ;c a t t li^ 'a s ffd r r^ iI fo o n iS ..lo a rn ,
Ivavecmnltipliod' a t ©tahefftee exbep'iti^tgohtii- The
n^ttiyes ,‘cenfi dor dogs aud-cats-as proper tb boeatsne
A br4iB.; ’Mt iPdinb* Vbffiusl bo^^8tw5®^ 1$ lfiMile^ A
afjiy A#]\h{iwe>‘faJW th®d.ifl&hda<if T ith iy rO a ^ h a r ln S i'
8 b, 2 - T 1 ' ‘ i? ' ' from
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