unavoidably feen l^ '> eV ^ ^& v ^ S R ^% h o '- ^ fe ..vi-fifed^OtHieitei
•Captain Walllstfcari^fedHf the Duke b f Yolk'S iflandi
• The-iflarid' rteifteft 'tb&^he ‘ weftwaïd from Eimeo r*is TAP<SèV
ik S N<y0$*whie]i Was 'difcovéred' off the 2 8th of. July 1767. byafeptaiA
W a llij fhd'êalled by him,'Sir Charles Saunders's- lflandi iütiisffitilated
in5l a t i t u d e i§é&*4ö*. Its grea!teft-fextent>.i§
fröln eiift'tbweft^ raböA^feftói&s; “/■‘•Its Weötte?-JÉSSs"*®? ^''iiiöïHitón
w ith 'aldoAblepeak j ’but the greater .part had a fertile appearance, -amd
-thédo'wêr gtotftiÖs1 aböiihded with coeoa-nuf treesi- i^Khe habitations
féfe'rhed/to kb“ fnia4l,> and riot-' very numerous, ?ItW governmenthhas
ufually depended' updn that of -f-Huahdihe; -frorri Whence j it Hs * diftant
•aböüt- feürïêeif-leaguesy foutif b y eaft. It'is not known thkt Europeans
W€fc land(IS%pótf lfc.t v
Hb a h S ^ e <(or Ahëinfe, which dignifies: woman) is'«he‘eafttern-
thdfij fflahd OftfliOJgfeftjp1 called-the Söeiety Fflands'hyiCiptaiti Cook,
whd^a®^e^-fhèi» 1 ^ ^ 4 7 6 9 ; and itsfeitWenty-êight leagues! to
the north-weft of- Otaheite, being fituated in latitude kjtW7/
•Wêftlotfgiftïdei It ’has'aboutdeveftleagueSb# circuit, and is divideffimto
'two peninfuks -by ran ifthmus'•'overflowed at Hugh Watef :,-4ri othdr
parts o f the ifland the*®'afealfo'fait lakes «éar-the lea;- 8 I t hastarwnrp
flnaüènw ftïipe'öf fertile low -land next tKeftxorej! ■ andt-heihills'^whieh
marked^ by volcanic1 fire, are in' forhef parts -entirely1 c«lt5vated'>M®ïe
•proddiftiotKareAlilar ro/tiofeM Otahei®, ?hfii-ea*M^;,i^Aeos^alba.
XHe trieh afe generally larger and more • robiift: both ieXes ■ are lefe
timid and lefs curious. They were more daring in «feeir^birf^f-firom
the Etfgtith, having' neverfttOÉSsa
in the manner that the Otaheitcans had donëi
s' .nUt^gihe was .always'-WifltMfih^Captaih/ Cook; -ohedeparting
-frorri/Otaheite. During his firft 'two woyages, the foveteign- -power
.over Huaheine was vefted in a friendly old man named Ore, Who a&ed
■’as regent 'fei a boy Earned Tairetarca. 4 ie Was. not more than ten years
r old in 171)7, but Ore had theft been obliged to refign the government,
and no?on€(6 i 0j^5'gifei^^af^jsbfiiiftoas^^^|i there,,was copje^eptly
yeny fittlp .^ h q ^ ^ a ^ a i^ ls a in ed ., It^h§% fimeg Jigje been .vifited
b y ' T .ieutenant-tAfefetSs 'ip^ptajjarSB^igb..; andt,fiftptah| «Ed^arfU,|,.5but
no ?far^her^iforrpa%ori,<isvaJj^rdet| by their voyages refpedting the government
of the country. In the clofe of 1791, it^^pp^jsjthat the
chiefs of t Huaheine, and j®£i Tapooamanoo, acknowledged the
■ fupixftmcy .c^oOtop. j'CKhqr ^ajisj^oli kjjtiiyi
relation to the i^ a ^ d ^ ^ t^ ^ e jm ^ n tiq n ^ d .^ E
, . U mLT(L.v,;or,j mgie.propcrljy,, ijiuadjja, Jistj[itu.ited!fj.(\(a'tllg^gi^fis ;
3^..i%rW." frh.Pifi'Huaheiflej ; f It. fur-rpu ndpdj^
fperfed^ypth and fp^i@g0|fe^ral..^.^r^j!^. One o f
4:hpfej^i^|pn;^4he.-f.]^^^-^©jfeeE!f Gpa|k li%Sn|^ d | u k4p|^^|y{4g | i.,1'Svyp^
'lgngitu.de B-51 34' {. It. is> lefs^.populousj Ionian -.Hualiekig*;:
alfk<%gbi*aboye t wieg-- ibsa-g^entSJand |nci£%E&femJ]lin,gj Qtaheit^rt; it§
gppqarange ,• but, like/the. fofHger,t .it.gba^ fait {n>arfhgs or
Ihggofasife ,The inhahitantg^are im, general« fijffla]lerk darker than
:fch.qfe of|t;he pjecedingfiflaa^ds ••-,.l&t i^.tsjjgj&ftifber to>wf%Jr
fe6e]®ftj^^lktnot'npwi’g?^.Qpti<ffia%tp^^fel£ijfi\;^inagnit'iudet?. ,A. few
55.elw.sj hHoceh,G]a.plainfiWallis’S3 sifitj-to ^^ahsit^%it.^was-jitJip(m o |
em-ihent -pS^the group,. a|id ffti ftri<% alliancje y/ith the a^jasen't iflarjd
jafi .O.tahaihaS) well! a«js5(yit-b r«Htuah^np*i ‘Its i’^|j*ii®%agpear^tg have
originated in thg leegiiiiofi.pf; 0,taha-ftom!'thigjl§|.g)i}e’.£pj.JPb.e'fl®ete)'pf
HijaheBie and Ulietea wpre, attacb^d bfctiJ?p'' B^ahelai
:The;^pijihat wa s iikely - t p - i f l u e l i ^ i e h ’
ithat'ipfiiijQtaha i Ga®&)tup -^tp; hp
.-gfflaft I®®
ihaufted/ji i «Ehey. purfttgd, theiy g^vg^gage^Ayith,.ditch; ialaCfjty.^and
fuecefs, that 'they..?on<juered; Huahgii^,3,{in^ajp i^ tta ck ^u p ^ i -Jth^:
'llfemd two .d a y s ^ f t^ th f ir ’ formey errgag^irejiL | M any^kih^it^ft^
-giS s/both ©,|he fuhfugaitgd rifl^|ftpsj-Jq§ky£gfugg at * ^ ^ e itS ji(1-;5Lnd
fiaviftgi-shtained fr<®a tt-ketfcp- a Reinforcement ipfusten^ war;. qasnses^
lifevy planded sjt Huah^>epiilit®hg (n ig h ty 1.g^/jfurgrifed thgis coa-
f[U§rorS’jjrkwhojn fhey p ajd^ 4fftr.0iyeA r and-completely drovet from