depraved by 'means o fth e .frequBhtvMes wh ich ymMed during the-firfl
«ëKiyejiisIftand they had,X in fome degree, evidently; ameHoràteddurin g .
ai^equal-fpace o f time, in which the ifland "was wholly deferted' bÿ
•JîraojJéariSi^Fortèàïÿea-repâft^nomi^l.ChrifHânsiiaAieEÛinaÉdon-
ftantly redded there /ra ù d d h e re fd t _ appears
the ntoabitantswetotound byC ap tain Wiifon. I t ds donfclatory lb
HrvfritLk Liflotiiral viewhf: Dtaheite with: thé arrival and fettietoefiraf
feveral <rtof Gbriftians in ’that ifland, who* have devoted -théif (lives to
th é ptirpotos.1 ô fin fh û â à iig dto irfv sfe fcÿ their, doftrine and-eXdtojife
M the purity’ of, the igfcfpel • and o f f imparting' to ftems^the OfSoft
eflèntial benefits o f eivifiaaticm jt IwitBbut the .d*4âe«é to » eiton,'âttèiÉiÈtt
upon i t . . p |
IJlands conneEled issith Otaheite. r -
M O S T o f the iSaOdswhith maintain‘ an^tototo®Mfg'With:1Otafed^te,,
have been repeatedly"mentioned in the preceding narrative. That
more mmiediatdy depends upon it, - fS i's
T e t s o ho Ay veoafiftitig o f fevetul' final!
reef about ta i leagues in circait j " and fituatedto fitfleto^eSWdrtwbrd'
o f north from Point Venus, at the diftanee sfJeigta; leagues.
property-of the fbvereigm o f OtMMte, wh d;MBWs to
be planted upon thefe foots ; that the people Who -tohafett theitr. in ity
be obliged to bring the fifh which abound there,’tO-Opknt^o'be exchanged
for bread-fruit. Thereof is inacceffible to large canoes-, ’'arid
Pomarre has therefore made ufe df this place as a magazine, for 'his
mcrftvaluaHe articles o f property, not feeing irxpded f o%hOti^fe®ftotfe
o f a hoftile fleet. \ The iflets aMo abound w ith cocoa-nuts, which
flourifh moft upon the ldweft places. They are 'retorted to b y the wandering
fociety o f the arreoes, efpeciafly the women, and by the effemi--
nate clafs, * with the purpofe o f increafing the delicacy o f their
appearance. T he paflage is often difficult and dangerous. The -tftafed
inhabitants have been reprefented as f e w b u t the occasional concburfe
of people Is .fuchy.-that ..in- .-thferfeaoft variable- and: tempeftuous feafon
o f the year, one hundred canoes haye been feenifgjsther upon this foot.
The only iflandy jbefide'Tethuroa, that is in abfolute fubgp^iop fo
Ækahefleûs M a n r § 4 ,twh’i#|foefo®:gsj toffee cfejjefo^ ^eifÇr^ab^o./ It is
Kituati9dMatthe'-'eafll.®fe-A a t 'pfenirtfvda;r-at'tterdiflaRa^tMi-.moreitimn
twenty? deajgraesy» atîd b^gto^ h oigh:fm âll, .^ery^tof^s
obfervediby’ pirfojDs whuiappreach'©tahei?K frqm* tl^ ^e,aft WWd. 'fois
Spot ' afeoye three nailai nprtfh. Ig}« 4sy<0G>p, 'fleep fear
habitations >. rby t tfetolithem .-flde dttoénd§frn^gjgra§ually ,
feordervfddtot ,Tbis-lifos ifland, jgryery p op uk^I
$É|t£ÉÉlSr fols®?
war -canoe iddiirrg.rthej variably w,$çd«>wMfofP^^feOTe pfocatirpd to ex~
chagjgedfoi thWf^r^wqlk that, tc§n$h& fofoëiÈ.' > T<1 th^j-jealfl^ard ityip
148° i W. It is the only high ifland adjacent to the eaftward o f
i0tahejteyl and maintains intercourfe with fome o f lÉ^,ifeiteWte>4s>
fowasrd thyÿodrttoeafk •,
cOriTfcé ailà'nd heareftt-©. ©tahei-te (4 jthatrgàllgdyr'bf : Q%ptà-i^oGdofcr
Æiîa Êhjÿfbut »n dpÉfwlfy «atoedAtoliSfbyitlfen^fes^! '* Its dillance
fo ^ G tb s f WéftéinWojfitt ;<fo©tfoéité;'isr about; fç#r'I^.gyÈs. f Jts,■ extent
îhàsibeep'vaiieuffy reprefeftted, >but is probaMy'toout ten-ïtoles from
p k^ h ;tatfi*rrthivd^d;d3itilfi^'i®#{^rtihsbl^dfhoi
a0ffiheife' ,feftisftï.parts ofl ifcs $ç§ékr
.and in: heîngi. imterfèdled, by fpacidus valleys:. - It- hia« : awery narrow
.barder o f low land next ithe fear, - frrma -wh^c®
iaedivittes %: s but frbxpfhe, haabours,on the northern- lhcHe they ^fcetld
•gradually, and the lawfer hflîshpptorfto- he the moft fêrtikparts. ■ Stts
hiflo-ry hâs héen- interiv-ov«n with whsb-rf Otaheite, #ith whiçh- i.t
appears to be at ptefent amicaHyfattd -flrml|P,'e©rtne<S^d^ : The natives
are flrongly addk2ied ,to theftj. and the fenfales ’ haye beçrt-thought inferior,
in beauty to thofe o f any neighbouring Ifland-. . The harbour o f
(Taloo, Son the north coaft, which is thought naofl: eligiWe ,f®r veCels,
.is fituated: inlay® iij©®latitude, 150® ; .-longitude. —Eimeo was