FIRST ■ MISSIONARY VOYAGE T“ 79A
clearing up, EoorâiJe;-;|>ore andtIië<m.^,by W i j. the. wind àlfo
veered fn- our favour from W . N . W . to N . by W . and frefhening to
a brifk gale we flood in for the harbour o f Tongataboo. The
natives o f Eôoa had obferved,us the preceding daÿj -for a cano.e with
four men, which mufl have put off from that ifland before daylight,
w;as now. paddling-, after the fhip. This circumftançe gave us Tome
gleafup^as, it both evinced.-their defirdTor o ut articles*; and; ai 'c©n&
dedçff^|Lu4b ^
i Faffing to the northward-of EoO^fije,. WP :ft.eered :-W-.:S;jW§pj&
the entrance,’ then W . by-S. and Wt up the harbour,^foH‘®wed--b’y
thp .'above canoe and feveral-others* w h ic h p u to f f ■ fÿém the-cafter»
part o f the main ifland and the iftets'that lie feaftered d£on the rep-L
One p f the large failing «kindfev^fli»; about ffpMy rperfohs npcÿi he*
platform, kept clçfe-t6;v»rindward o f . us, and 'proved «herffelfi‘the
better feilpn b y running ahead with ,eafe, • then flacWmr»g their fheet
and falling aitem, then running ahead again, and fo on ,tb&jhip,
at the fame time,, going fix knots and a half b y thp logvKtppgallant-.
fails and ftayfails.-,ffef:. -,j It appeared evident, - thafj chpfen,
they could rtto at ?thg rate o f feven knots and a half <K$igjfel
knots an houn,.. |
In failing-into, the harbour yv& kept th e north-reef ,bn board, until
ynt came to the narrow channel which'vb®dds!ft o
we got through, after making two or three fhort- taekjs tvith th&tijjfe
flrong in o u rfa v p u r j t h e n running a : little, iwafy further, paffing
Makahâa we hauled to the fouthwanfi and ancho?edto/:niÈé fatfwton»
on â bottom of fpft fand* about three’quarters o f ra mile from the
fmalhr ifland of Pangimodoo, and moomd with a.ftrtom aftehor and!
toWef to t h e ; Once more, through .d/gmeious Providence,! faftt
anchored in the haven where we would be» -