P' 7°* ' The next day many, double canoes came along fide, fome of which were large
enough to contain thirty people, without incommoding each other in the leaft;
Moil of the natives in them were euriouily tatowed, particularly about the
hands, arms, thighs, and legs, and fome other parts of, the body, but not in
the face. The name of the ifland they were now off was Mow’hee, which,
with thofe of Ato’wee and O’neehow, difcovered in their progrefs to the
north, and four others afterwards difcovered, named O’wha-po Morotai;
Arannai, and O’why’hee, form a group, to which Captain Cook gave the
name of Sandwich Iflands?. ■ They extend from about 19° to 220 of north
latitude, and from 1990 to 205° of eail longitude. ; , ;
P- *4* On the 17th of January 1779, after Raving been plying to windward for fix
weeks without meeting, with a convenient harbour, they-anchored in Kara-
cakooah Bay, in the Ifland of O’why’hee, attended by an incredible concourfe
of the natives in their canoes. The fliores and hills were likewife lined with
them, fo that, at a moderate computation, there could not be fewer than eight
P -85. thoufand. As foon as moored, both the ihips were thronged with them; the
men taking poffeflion of the upper decks, and the women of the lower. And,
though, when it became dark the men departed; the women were fo much
attached to the ihips, that they determined to fpend the night there; a favour
which was accordingly granted them.
p. 87. The next morning a woman of great diftindtion vifited the ihips. She was
diftinguiihed from the inferior fort by being exceflive fat: the mark of an Aree
in thefe.as well as in the Friendly and Society Ifles, though not in fo high a
degree. Her wrifts were adorned with an enormous pair of bracelets, com-
pofed of boar’s tuiks, each of which formed a curve of at leaft eight inches;
fhe wore a necklace of braided hair, in the front of which was a large piece
of bone, euriouily formed and highly poliihed; and was clothed in- n much
greater quantity of cloth than ufual. She took a good deal of notice of every
p. 88. thing, and having fatisfied her curiofity, departed. In the afternoon ihe returned
with another woman, much fuperior to herfelf in fize, who appeared to be her
filler.
Befides
Befides tihefe women, feveral other vifitors of confequence came on board, p. 88.
among whom, was a young man whofe name was Purraah, who, as they were
informed, was a principal attendant of Terriabdo, King of the .ifland. He
was aboiit five feet eight inches in height, his perfon was pleafing, and he
appeared ta be poffeffed of great good nature. In the afteinoon, the butcher’s
large knife being Hole by fome of the natives, this young man went aihore in
his: canoe,- and foon returned with- It, and afterwards appeared very affiduous in
preventing them) from thieving.
On the 24th Purraah informed Captain Cook that Terriabbo would pay him p. 90.
a viflt the next day; and ait the fame time cleared the Ihips of all the natives
Accordingly, on the 25th, the King arrived in a large double canoe, and went
on board the Kefblntion, The next day he vifited the Captain again, having p 01
with him two large canoes,- each, as well as his own, carrying a vaft number of
caps, cloaks, images compofed of bafliet work, and covered with red feathers
which were intended as a pretest to Captain Cook. He, likewife, the day fo f
tewing, prefented both Captains with cocoa nuts, bread fruit, plantains fugar
eaue> and thirty hogs each.
Ob tteaS th feveral of the gentlemen, of both (hips made an exeurfion intoP- 9«-
the country, to make obfervations relative ter the foil and produce of it. At
their return they reported that .in many places it was covered with plantations
of fugar cane, fwe'et potatoes, farrow, plantains, and bread fruit trees • the
latter were by ftr the largeft they had ever feen. They alfo faw a long trail of P-93.
wild plantain, trees, which far exceeded the cultivated ones in fize;. but thounh
they produce- fruit- like them; it never arrives at perfe-ftion. Part of the foil
was a (tiff yellbw clay, and at fome places they found it interfperfed with
large ftones, evidently the produdtion of a volcano. On entering an extenfive '
wood1, they were eptertrihed with the notes of a variety of birds but n f r u
as W d afford fuitenance to-mankind, they only faw a few fiocks'of black and
white plover. They met with trees o f various forts; one ftecies of which
very tall and large, and' of which the natives make their canoes - * M
On the 4th of February both (hips weighed and made fail; but the Refnlnfo
having fprung her foremail in a heavy fquall of wind, they returned on' the x , th ^
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