A
J O U R N A L
O F . A
V O Y A G E -to t h c S O U T H S E A S,
in his Majefty’s Ship The E N D E A V O U R.
P A R T II.
S I l lP N I S ^ ^‘e 91^ ° f Auguft we weighed anchor, and proceeded from this
o ^ bay to the fouthward, to fee what difcoverie's we -could make -there,
purfuant to the directions- of the admiralty, -and carried with -us as
W HnREji many hogs, from this iiland as we coul,d flow, with, a great number
of Plantains, Taro, Eape, and Yams, to ferve us inilead of b’read.
On the 13th, at noon, having had a briik wind for three days, we difoovered
high land, and, toward night, approached near it. Toobaiah informed us that it
was an iiland called Oheiteroah, being one of the clufter of nine, and bore the
title of Oheite added to them.
We hauled,in our wind, and, on the 14th, in the morning, bore down to the
ifland, and hoilted out the pinnace, in which Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander went
on
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en fliore to feek for an anchoring place in a large bay formed by two- points of
tan®. They returned with an account that they coaid find hone, nor any good-
lauding for the boat: and that, when they got hear the fliore, feveral of the
nattves jumped into the pinnace, and attempted to- feize on Mri-Banks, which-
obliged our people to fire, and fome of the natives were, wounded-.- They werf
armed with long clubs, and fpears, made of the wood of a tree which they called
Etna ; and their eloaths were red and yello-w, made of bark,, ftriped- and figured-
very regularly, and covered withgum. They-had alfo curious caps on their heads*
and made a very martial appearance. Mr. Banks brought fome wooden-work onboard,
very ingenioufly wrought, and told Us that they faw canoes which were
carved with great ingenuity,, and pai-nted' very- neafe
Thefe people are very tall, well proportioned,, andh-ave long hair,, wbich-tbey
tie up, [fee pi. VIII. fig. s and 6.] and are tataowed, or marked, on- different:
paws of their bodies, but not oh their pofteriors, like the people of the other
iflands. On one of our boats approaching them, they began to talk-to Toobaiahy
though they feemed- very much, intimidated, and begged that our people would not
Kill them.) and fald- they would-hot furnifli. us with any eatables'unlefs we came-
on foore, which they intreated us much to do. They faw no women among theme
From the fhip we obferved a few houfes-
This ifland-does not (hoot up into high, peaks, like the others, but S more even
and: uniform, divided intofmall hillocks, like England, which are here and-there
covered with, tufts of trees. At the water’s edge there.are many clifts almoft perpendicular.
V * faw no bread-fruit,, and very few cdcOas; but all along the
edge of the beach was-t-hiqk planted, with Etoa, which fetved. to flicker their
houfe-s and plantations of Meiya- from- the wind.
This ifland- is fituate in 22* 2 3 'fouth- latitude, and 15p*’ 5' weft- longitude,, and
has no reef furrounding it, like the other iflands.
On the 15th, in the morning, we paffed the tropic of Capricorn, having a fiber
breeze from the north, with clear gleaflmt weather ; and faw feveral tropic birds-.