came,; but had loft theircpitrage, for- they trembled with fear all- the
• while they ftaid. From them we got the native names o f the iflands,
as marked in the chart. They wilhed u's to anchor in the bay, but
this we had no defire to do ; fo- we "made them preftnts and took our
leave. They were ftout well-made men, differing nothing fromthofe
about Refolution Fay,-fdxebpt5 Feifag-iSther lels>-¥attbued jMheir
canoes, though built after the fame falhion, are neater and ftronger;
their houfts alfo, as feeh' ftom£theftup, appeared to b® ftiperior. '’T oe
bay on the north-weft part F f the ifland feems eligible forffiipplrig,
and may be diftinguifhed by a fmall but-high illet ly ing o ff i t , 1 and
a beautiful and-regtdar. Tow Of cocoa-hut trees behind" a fine-White
landy beach.
From the north ehd;b f ;Tiwenen% ifland we riiif N .-F P E 1tw'disty-
four friiles, to within a ‘mile 'of- the fouth-raft -point eflP’Sir^Hcaiiy
Martin’s iflatfd, which point- is high and craggy : elble to the Weft-
ward o f it is Comptroller’s bay, large,- and fceiire fromdheFfcignirig
Winds. At the entrance,iandrneat tO 'G r ^ |y ^ o iift£ th e ^ lte a ia®If lfe k
above water, in appearance-like a boat. -A lfk eF e& d ^ tFeFay we faw
forne houfts in a cove, a vaft number o f ^iffiabifiwft hpfott' the
beach, and feveral canoes hauled \tp fieUrthem*- All1 thd^alleys^kbbut
this bay appeared'fertile, -riianyFf“tfife hffl# i^rbwbvCmd’With3 t f t ^ ,
and the imerior-parts-feem^^m^e-haMMbre5 than
the Marqudfas, Weftwird d £ Gomptrdll'er’s hxyJ fi&'Tcfft^lSttna
Maria, where the Daedalus'Ry’T ^hd befidCs theft, I think “it highly
probable that there are other-good iahchoring-places ubout this'ufland.
Captain New defcribes the inhabitants o f theft* iflabds-'hs aFandfbiffife
race of-people, and extremely hblpitable, which is eertainly grCatly
in favour o f thofe who Would Tettle with itiilfiS n a ry ^ i^ s, 'efpeei£flly
when the fuperior natural advantages o f the ifiand are taken-ifttd the
account. It being five o’elodk in the 'afternoon When we g d fo f f
Craggy point, we bore'up, and, running doWn the-foutlYfide,- to6k
our departure for Gtaheite,' anxious to know in What cifcurrifianceS
we might find the brethren whom we had fettled there.
C H A P T E R X II.
Rt turn from t£e Marquefasto rGtaheite.‘with ,the frapfaB'tonsiuljich
pUafufei. atifinfvur' Jf^fepee. ; 'r
aqth. H a VJMS; bent: oiur : C0iirfeii&r; tterrSociely.HIan3 si: proceeded
on oUr voyagedvi^h a favourable gale.
■ -jwjuly 3d. i We fell ih with Tiookea, a iagoon ifland, .many o f which
lies'fcattered about this part o f the ocean, and render die navigation
iu 'darkd^s^ytoddaBgerouSi W e law tfihoM. aftending. in various
parti j One faiihng.m in the lagoon, and two: men following us
along Ihorev They appeared dark-coloured, had a piece o f doth tied
round their imddle. and each^caia'iedi a fpear in his hand. Cook
vifited this .placeion ;his fccond voyage. . .A lieutenant and the two
Mr. Forfters landed r the Flanders received them by touching nofts,
a. common mode o f fidurationl aR spver ?the cSon& Sea,. They found
here various iplants, particularly a vegetable which, the natives, bruife
and infixiiwitihJbelL-dilhi; th k i preparation they throw into the fea,
where they perceive a lhoal o f filh, and. .intoxicating diem, they are
caught fm>.thfc fc fa c e of- the water,, without anjc other trouble than
that o f taking them o u t: the name, they lay, which this plant bears
amongdhe natives is eiiow ; but Here the M r , “Forfters have evidendy
miftaken th e quality of.t-he plantifoftats -name:, enow, in the language
» of: t he oSotiety dlLahds, - »means had, and is doubtlefs in this
inftance ufed1! by ithe! »natives toTntimftethat-the plant was noxious or
ptfiftaaous. But tlisimiftakeionly ftftws'how eaiy it ds to fell into
others of-a »fimilar nature.
Ryuobftrvation at noon we: made yhe centre of Tiookea in latitude
SKm H S( aud its longitude, by the chronometer, reduced from the