be expedledto ~ rotasdy ib .fi^ei(me^re^?4tbb^ogkeirs!]0®ithe; gssfpel'
♦%fti*rffeifbfe djiftet f ibuttweiruft, through
tb^e^fetiegwilLbeifuimbuntedby .the peaaliar-achMltag^ibttendihig'
our1 numercatsiifniffion atrheprincipalifland, the irifluencelof which
pv&r • thltotiifets , has beeh already greatly; increased) byi its frequent}
iib e rc ^ few ith th i Bnglifln -
Geographical and hijlorical Account ojl-, ^ongaMhao, i&i$ the Jifiandf :
which are canneSled with it. >
,• TCQ?OATABQQcf*efehtsdm a f p ^ iy ^ y i di®tehtj ficstb that off
OtalAite^i io the wdftward o f w hich it is> fituate^^fealcttftanpo ^fiiffput
hundredjmdreightyxleagues, andlqf; more<|han. (three hufdre$ leagues
fiB^iiWfeecxj^.'thejWEftemmoftlaffi the iflahdsjbeffdse mentioned; ItciS
aboulitweaty leagues ah circuit, aftdfn^ly;jtri3f ^ l 8C«MSif#toQ Its
pc^hcrnjifideiiboirBdefflftfidjhy'ai hay, .w&idfo^flmrrnmtoltea' with an
extenfive lagefon;_ydtbhn the; iflanct.: The: weftesn; ,p<Mlit @ff
5a ^ r afeertahaed:. hy Captain; JOpokiitojfbe^ifela.fcithde itfU and
tn g .t? 4a''' weft longitude,. j On' thisfide alfo an exteuhve hadaouris
formed-by .reefs andifiands which cover its. whole length* ; The Ihora
is in. this, partjow and iandy; but afcends on. the other fldess§€fheftfendi
inaiperpertdiieifiar
flood-tidfe, which rifes.frQm threeieet and a';halTtfa;ft» y feet and three
.quarters.- AreCf that lies,two.miks,N;W,by,W,ffrQmthen9bhernmQfe
pofiat^of the ifland forms a roadfor {hipping; but it is fen from, being
fecurfa, the; coral bank, which tiM thei ®ply; anehorin^^csnij4 fbeing
j^ -^ ^ r a a d re c id E n d k g /Q n ly .th re e t a l e s ’,4ehgthi feQnrilt e fhore.
Tfaeigrpftefiparf o f^ ic o a fl: round the ifland; is g fa rd e d h y Jfetfejr.oeks
about; two hundred yards wade, and o f greater extent toward ^the
fouth-eaftedn pointj xnear;,which;is theriiOtOft: o te^ ed :^ artJo f« ;th e
ifland, about'-one hundred feet h ig h above the fea. Ti&e interior is
diverflfiedohy- many- genflytrifing grounds* The fhl: i $-lb®fe and
•feladkito) ahtonfiderabk) d^ptH^ikut. 1 interihhqedfwith-)fferata -o f jteddifh
c la y : it igfchiefly veryatfertile, and in mahyiifiasrts highly cultivated?/
th^rfllhfatifans, in the* ■ rriidfb'offwihich, the principal» hdijKfesJfb placed,
beingialfbjniry neatly>"te^l<M5?ds > The ^g|tlblei^radudfionsta‘Ee mdftly’
hdiilar t®y$h,ofet oifh theitpiaols1 already deforibed^) the cotfaalraut b e in g
in%reatef,Aper-feiibioni,s the i, bdead-frua^atriji^fsi>}tb^rvV they}, are' at the
more lufty^iflandst ; {There “are feverdl plants-ah Tongatoboosthat were
n o t (known at 'Qtabeite /jrefge'daIfejlha&d<mkstihadC&. mew.Hipepiesiof
the Jeftritsi’-.bark,' i lik ^ y to.'equal»; ithat Koff Peru - ia>tntediciife.bwiTtueV
Ifcis; wdUifirfniflied with trees,twHcM^ow^efeyjlUxulriantly lqWkter
is .ffegwkatfearce,! b’toimsfflfpbrafcfejjhC There w^re:«5«fgl before
they-sWere1 fuppliedDbyhhirapearis* OfB|tn'er:)diamnals ; there.fflre! the
fame! kinds fas' ‘at -/QtaheitC;' f^dvibveraihfpecinsnifrihiwefsVnst ’cornnicm.
tofthai iflandt" pttfil&u&rlyf^elb-'parfdqddstromiT^SSStalbnrehh dMeif
heads .4q Sdmfe^lSiiidsiBff Biids'.'afe ufiially'IasDtodtandifed.Jbiy ,‘theiiriha-
bi&nte.; There} am^lfc4ibats«rfi^eatrnflrnfaersWam# ffdmehf fuJh
ma^uilfder,;' that ItheOttpsn&fr^bEh'^ings^Jwhed^bxt.eihchj tare from ’’’
three'Jto'-fdur tfeefcflaptat. nrf i •
T h is ’iflarid w 3sj d i l f o s v e f t l i t^ t h^ aMu k r y t h A b e l l g a n l a n
Tdfman^! a. Dutch riavi^atorc snTMe ’inhabftanW <^anie .'.unkrtned oh
board this iSiip^swithouf she ieadb ^ji^enfrjMeEgnior'tapprehenhan'. o f
milismef.' ’ They exchanged. hogs p ffhvE}Wndi+& k & ;jlf®rfj-Eu'ropiatn
a®tioles,>' Whieh-i.thdyfalfo:piiferSduas thfey fei^nd -hp^oftimity^Wbiii: in
father rreJ|)e<9;s‘ they behaved in' the'rrroihchurteiiiisf and Ifetendly mannert
Tafma» anchored iff the troadftead:/ta-hd feht Ihis&Q'afs, :.td fearch/fof
fteflSi.water, into the bay alread^. deferibedwTdiAeTohr^rsdieT^aye
thfefname o f ’-Van‘Diemeni,i andAo the latter ithat>r^jMaria, .'ir?jhortMt
efnthfe .’’perfon th'iisxgdvetftdfffaE .ilhssElufchdia.ft’ Indies; aSadt hisfdatfyi'
A n elderlyxchief, who(f8eths iat that t-ingafatsh^ve, hidnthe ife4erhigi|
au{hfa|ity'j TOtne repeited|^fen.Bwafay thewedjHi&fnoft :pft}found.refpd<3;
tefahis ^iflSdrs .»and" ^asjdhgMyfgratiHed'-' (h^^fheffphfent&wMch 'they
made ftr'Kim. • ‘A'msrfgathefi’ wa^Ja.wqodfen4hdwfg'prohfeMy the fame
that long;^teiWafds wa§ hfed hy:tdfeilbvfci©ighs’ra f TongatakbodsA 'q P .