FIRST 118 MISSIONARY VOYAGE
them the men 5atf4 Öiëwêg';msu:ksM a fofHle^IMpEifitiha,
.walked'fitóng the fhoj» tq keep abreaft e£ the ftup,. bu£ is y ^ Jeft
them faftS hhey totwed heWi^ithfi trees. ' .ITiSÉfftHafees foe«»*d tft tfe®f
the fame worthlefs kind as thsfe ^rGis&ent i% ad a the ®§titeï?8iö},
• ftattfte, and d fef^-è^éE ^ tBeijBtnessdiidh s # ABre.
We oh%yed no canoes, .though it is inpft pfohaMe they haveftfome, as
thefepeople imuft have come froth the high ill and either fU'^dabftfe.dr
-by wading, which latter feems impracticable. :Ther-a®tin.ifiaqSi:#d
'Ithefe featterèd about it, are, as- before-, noricedy- all high,- -ah<f f l y
-Kef feeping the. fea quite ftiTabftrrt them,, they prefent a view romantic,
wilft3 to d barren : the /vafléys; however^ appear covered with
■ iSfeÉ, blit o f what hand we co.uldfBOt perceive, thrmgb
they could diftiiigwMh cocoa-nut. trëes^ :a®id rt ig; eedaiaiy-qihel|g^h|y
fliould, have : th e . fruits and roots common to the»-ét-h|&r jfta ritis-, and
muft have abundance o f ftfh.
ï 'TTbe tops o f the hails, to i about half-way dówri, .■are-y ^ S t ^ ^ .
vfered with duh-biwrit gyafs h and im fome places there are fpots of
Teddifh Foil, as on the middle grounds o f OtaheSte;. •:
: T h e group was named Gambler^ iflandst, in compliment torthe
worthy admiral o f that n am e ,w h o , in his department, countenanced
our'equipihent. Daff’s mountains, whichTTe in .tJiéicejifi-eJy are in
lat. and in lQ n g .d a|° E«
We had now got fufficient eafting, and were, in the w a y of-the
trade-winds, therefore kept on our courfc.to .the northward j all on
•boaai in -go«al bm ltb , and in no real want o f any th in g . But as tfife
paffage'from the. Friendly Illes had already been longer than ..we ex-
ffcéfod, the captain thought it peceflaay t e p b fh o n for the Marqiteferi
and on1 this account, though w eh ad rea fo n to fuppofe ourfelves in a
dangerous part o f the ocean, we run b y night as welt as: day ; only
put the fhip. under a proper fail for altering our courfe on any hidden
emergency.
afitb". At half paft five in thé morning, juft, as the day broke,
We thought we faw low land ahead, and feeming to he very clofe,-
Wftjpblfb^-qral flood. S p i n ■: quarterof an how,i theft tacked
to yirds i t agyiH» ivhen the; day prefented to oftr view (this, imminent
danger „vfo.had efcasped. . PprdtHat >,patt which we were rbnpiogrfor,;
and many others.,! were even with the water’s edge, the fea walking
over them into; the lagoon; and it is very probable, that, had the
weather been hazy', or the day not lb near, we might have ftrackl
before we eirherjfaifc the roefe: ©reheard the fea be&t upo® thefn,i a& its
' I The^iflasijd. is ire length!:. about?, foveftteen m ile s ,
i^pfru-eaft to. weft,, and in^foreadtftfaboUt. eight 'or^nine;'miles : and
Upon, the ; afepfi-iVBickenclofes c^bv'dagoon.,,' tftefe 1 are feveral clumps;
df> trees,: hut .no.coeoa-nu« or other fruit-.trees fhat we'ccrold-fee, non
®f tdhabifhnt§t',: <?Fhisd iMpdtfflyingl in< Sv^ibyjf
obfotfra&ffi?J and* ih^o&gY 2%4 $ b y fohrSnemctei?;':, is «probably*
t'hef lame jellied liofd Hoochs iftafflek Byf©api^kJSlwa,rds»: who" dif-t
e‘oyef§d ‘4t'1 in'Jtifee'IBahdo'fel WerGbckiBuech oun
coptfe, \a^dripct\bcp<or' three hhurs-' were 1 In the
dulk o f"* fllhe^neain^o& the folkcwdrig' bay ytss tHodght! sthat We-lliw
'Mgh-knd op, ourilee' beam- ;,7'bul5 iudgihg.'.th^t,rtoi run dowfo tsrpBst the
matter' otft'ofVdifpOfb Would-be takingiOJUho^-'foH^fofo’ leeWaarcl, >w®
left-it tqr- forUe'future navigator to.determine. '. However, i f i f realijl
bW an ifla&d,- it niuftdie nearly inlatittideraSD0' gqf Si. and, about :±hh
Ifeftgitudfe 2gp' 1 h-A E
' u8th. AttiicsSni we obferved inqlatituSte. r 8?t;3^hS. amf abbut'three
in theJafdrno^ •difoovered'-'arlOtHer 'low iiland''bearing ISfiEs rAsih
is dot- ihid’dewn irf^sfi&y-'of .’the'charts,. and fke^vtod aif N:WJtbeing
againft us-, we kept oirr ftretch towards it, and as we drew near found
it a lagoon .illand, with patches o f trees on different parts around iti
©ft’the* iforlh-Weft dnd chc<Sa-i&Uts' iwtere glowing, t and; near. .tHem a
dump ©ff&fty idArk-eoloured 'trees., T woj clump's alfo? pfot|rq< faine
kind flood at a'littfe diftance frSnVf:eat:h- other on: the foiutfocaft parts
thftfe afa#^®tiUr^s»Hbod.A ■
At half paft feveri'cAdock Wfe tacked withdra a mile q%the nprth
end,» theft took ;the topgallant-fails ini- hauled- the co u r fe UfA and