p. 122. The 22Ó, in the evening, both ihips, now under the command of Captains
Clerke and Gore, failed out of the bay, the crews teftifying by their fighs the
regret they felt at leaving behind them the remains of a Commander they fo
much eileemcd. Ill p. 126. On the 27th they made the ifland of Owhy’hee, fituated 210 50’ N. The
firil part of this ifland they approached, appeared very rocky, with many broken
craggy hills, which, though not very high, were covered with clouds at their
p. 128. fummits; but, as they proceeded round it, they found another part that had
a pleafant appearance, was of a moderate elevation, and well clothed with
f - 127’ verdure, thóugh but with few trees. The natives brought off, among other
roots, Co me which externally refembled yams: they were of a tough ftringy
nature, but yielded a fweet thickiffi juice, which, if it could be kept, would
have proved a good fuccedaneum for fugar; its Indian ñame is Tee.
p. 130. March the iff they anchored off the Ifland of A'tou’wi'. Upon the firft landing
of the boats the natives were very civil, but foon began their old trade of
pilfering; and it was not without having recourfe to arms that this could be put
p. 132- a flop to. A friendly intercourfe, however, at length took place; and the
ihips procured a fupply of water, hogs, and roots.
P' ' 33- On the 5th the Queen of the ifland fent on board a prefent, confining of a
great number of mats of different forts, and various degrees of finenefs;
bracelets, compofed of boar’s tuiks; feather ruffs for the neck; and feveral
kinds of cloth. The next day file came on board the Refolution herfelf, when
p. 134- Captain Clerke made her various prefents in return. She was Ihort and lufty,
about forty years of age, and very plain, with refpeit to perfon. And on the
7Ü1 Káhahva, the Queen's fon, vifited both Ihips, and made the Captains various
P-135- prefents, for which he received others in return. He was about twelve years old,
and a fine looking youth. His attendants, which were numerous, carried him
up and down the ihip’s fide.
p. 137- After a ftay of about fourteen days, they left this ifland, which is one of the
p. 138. principal of that range of iflands diftinguiihed by the name o f Sandwich Ifles.
Thefe
Thefe confift in the whole of twelve, of which Owhy'hee, Mow’whee, O'wha'ow,
and A'tbuwJ, are the largeft, and have each of them a king, to one or other of
which the fmaller ifles are fubjeft.
It being Captain Clerke’s intention to proceed from Sandwich Ifles to Kamt-
fchatka, he came-to a refolution of running it down nearly in the latitude they
were then in; and, as it was a new route, he was in hopes of difcovering fome-
thing in his way worthy of obfervation; with this view he purfued a W. by
S. courfe ; but, after continuing it till the 30th, and finding that the light
winds which prevailed in that latitude would greatly retard the (hips in their
paflage, he gave orders for hauling up to the N. W.
On the 5th of April they obferved a great number of what they at firft fup- |
pofed to be Portuguefe men o f war, as the feamen ufually call them, upon
the furface of the water; but, Upon a clofer infpeflion, they proved to be a
different animal, and belonged to the Doris, genus of Linnaus. ' They likewife
faw many beautiful fnails, of a fine purple colour, and fome fmall crabs,
whofe colour was light blue
In the afternoon of the 9th, they obferved a great quantity of fcum, or p
rather of fpawn, upon the water, which the failors ludicroufly called fea-faw
dull, and the Tea appeared remarkably light coloured.
On the 23d of April they made the coaft of Afia. The land appeared to be P
high mountains which were entirely covered with fnow. And on the 27th
the Refolution was off the mouth of the Bay o f Awatfchka, but the Difcoverv *
did not arrive till the ill of May.
Here they faw many fmall whales o f a very particular fpecies: they were
black; their heads round, with two white ftripes on each, fide the neck; with a
remarkable long and narrow fin upon the back; in frae they were about four
times larger than a porpoife; and are, probably, what the Ruffians call Katfatki.
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202.
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The next morning the Refolution anchored in the Bay, but, inftead of p. i 0
finding the Ruffian Oilrog or town a capital one, as they had been led to fuppofe, * **
fecured