* C)n our arrival the taboo had exifted for four days,
and continued to the 10th, when our tents , were
pitched ip their old fituaiion 'near- the Morai. We
-commenced our different employments'for the- completion
of our water,, and the regulation, of.the timepieces.
The fhip was foon furrounded by numerous
vifitors, who were much rejoiced at our return; and it
being Sunday, after divine fcrvice, "was performed,
our people had penniflipn to'amufe themfelvCs on
fhore. The following day we- began filling water,
which tvas,brought in calabalhes. byu the natives from
the hills diftant four or -five miles, for which ^they
vyere paid 100 nails per, hogfhead: this mode vQf
procuring water foon became too,yexpenfive for our,
flock» "and we were unable to complete it. Owing to
the cloudinefs of the atmofphere, the aftronom'er coufch
feldom fee the fun, and as- we were. contented with
the altitudes he had already made, we did not twifli
to be detained any longer, and therefore ftruck the
tents on the 22d. In the mean time the fhip had
been painted and fitted for fea : we failed out,, of the
■bay the fame evening. We experienced during our
flay in the bay the fame kind attentions as . before,
and were amply fupplied with hogs, and vegetables.
In return we gave thetn fheets of copper, iron hoops,
■•and
and naill|f| The' ducks wdMwft had bred,- and the >CÏ|A.p-
cattle left by-' Captain’ Vancouver had- muohrncreafed
in number.1-'% Mie^ garden5 feeds hSad'Hhrted'l through '‘Mr..,
inattention fotflë'roots of horfe-radifll' were- in high
végéfcatidfp,- and the -'cabbages': were Reported to - Us'
as flöurifhihg ■ èóhfiderably^ïiri^®the interior^ together
with- fotoe-Mther platvts;Hh>fi?f' wé-' did motrèxteffcl* our
Walks'far ertouglr-to 'iëë1 them/ weiëristi' great
plenty, and many- of th e fhóephad brèé.'f The Engiifh
féarrian, ' dohn «Youijg^ -'whb went with me to the
ifland of Welldhdo'|%had retm-fiedy'but ‘Tamaahrhaah
and all'-the c‘M%fs wfere ftili ta^ffid'rieewUrd. 1 Their
abfedéV- had nrdch^ iileifèh.fèd the 4pöWér “*è r a ’’’chief
naméd Naatnetehaw (Tianna’s brother'), ,Wh6 was in a •
ffate- oh revolt, arid acquiring by degrees the whole,
ifiaöd. lie now pofieffed four out of its fix^diftfiéts,
and wal approaching nèdr to'-Kardkakooa, where there
was little chance of • refinance? a s'th é péOple^ wérè
aver.fe to fighting, having nd: chief in whom they
confided to -leéMi them_on n; indeed th e only * perfoh ■
of that rank was Mahooa-, who had loft his eye-fight.r'
He-wifhed much to' gob with us to'Wohahow, that'
he might explain what had happened to Tainaahmaab,
buf-ji,the people, having no other chief, would hot* |
permit'him.
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