anqHy provided ^vfitK| fire-arms-, - fuecefs fully. .refitted,-,the,- affaultgpf
numbers: vaftly fttperior. ?Few dayd^uLd' apparently h fcw ^ p fe d
after" this„ "©fecurreifeev -.-when the'Tandora ,%fived
ipoulaho on board.- cLieuteriarit Hayward, who had beem there, with
-Bligh;jfoeolft&ed dome theirYormer affajlantsv “They iH^nnedsf-hi®
notice, ’ ahd had 'perhaips more reafondfqr-doing fo'than he knew, as
at that-’time he received n% &te|hjgepc£ o f thefehooner. ’
HAPA?ff^(fometimes pronounced Haheif-113-5 1beent^^6j$&pd:
4he plaice to which Captain.;-€^k^af^nipani§d ^ n ^ u ^ id Tga^a^t
-the vdefire o f the former/ from. Rrigmnpka. in-^May f 1,7.7 7«
-reckoned. tby the-natives; as one-oft the more/exteniFe^i|[aMs q f o%rif
%rdup, but it confifts oYr-fotir ’o^-morft^owi
^eadh in length, which care jqinSl together b y alreef. jjj ra§gf;^r'q|xpt
more than two or three miles b£oad.- That l I S M '
•vated'is.ealled-LefoOga,-or Lefook*; and, this a l o a ^ f # M > ¥ ^ o3f?
inthenumber ahd extefit'pfr its'-plant^tiohs , / A t its/fpiufB^eflerrrend
i s W artificial mount fifty feet in diameter;-at ithe.furto it,j^hi«h. 3s
raffed-to im fteight o f forty feetrafcqv^the^reft o f fhp ground's, The
■ Refolution andr Difcoyejy anchored abreaftfofi^he reef th^fejCnk^Qs
this ifland with another to the nqrth-eaft ye-hich fi§< ;c# ^ f% .,,4 p
il wenty-Yojir fathom/ With a bottom pL eoral-dand-. |--A«Greeih!Sijnpth&
ihore-ctf“ Lefooga, three quarters o f a mile from, the.ihips5f;|i^t«kd
convenient landing at all times. Proper meafures & # ^ 4 ef$tqkep
by Fenop and Taipa, an abundant fupply o f provifions w^gmb^ned,
and-pbblic diverfions were fplendidly exhibited^ but theft W-^rp-
lefs careful to preVeitf >the theft of European articles- They:l§ft,j:apjta.in
Cook onf;tbe^a2d o f the fame month, requeftipg- himjto fwait tijl
they returned frdmiVavou, which they reprefented Jo be ittyo pd^
fail in their canoes to the northward o f Hapae. Finding it diffic.ujt
to obtain fupplies in -their abfcnce, he removed on the 26th, fouth-
ward o f -Lefooga,- and ftarched ip vain for a channel between the
low illands. ■ That which lies next to Refooga, in this direction, Is
called Hoolaeva, and is deftitute.of-cultivation, being:«fed only for
fithing and, ca<fel^g,tjjpl|g j|feBfa^iVp ^ ^ l ;,BMj|n.t, fimil^r^to^that in
15 r Poulaho their
.acGQMiMdefi.. t|iem -on the ;thejr jpljage, among
fgiall ^(^.nds ^and^xeefs-;,,, .iy^i(dx.5obftru(S.,.the navj,i^®3n between
Hapae^^g^AAgigg^kg^s
aurelle..a t&p,aniili diftos&iA» r^ ^U a n g lc d in the fame
nasypfan- in f iM ^ h ^ -A ill rafter yqryjMfnUnbfecn^enta
ihed^fape.M ^ d&ianmediatel\ totLcnmilliv.aid of Hap^&s.HefourS
apgffage with^af:d^ptR@f fiv^.fathQm..h^‘\^'iTi.theTlatrer1,amfl. the iflantk
to^tpe siyeftward o^ it, wlrinh^.bad btu-r muftd bv -Captain CoPki
Nfegting. . fjreflp. p^ftacles.amon pi.fekQftp'fflai^itk -whicR'lie.diredtlv
jggtSjssjof,, Anamopka.,.jhef hprej aw^y. tojward.Kaq.apd /Toofoa. ■ ,\Y}i.jfo
§Si$& tfep/iflands,, jhe^trafiicked. w ith-thfenati^a ^w h^japne .off 'to
th^,thip itv„their canoes.. A p^r£qni»hp-Was/faid,to.peuhe chief over
fp^y^pight iflapdsy \ ^dfoiCgroeg ^ ^ Mg^dj, aftera fepdiRg« prefents. ( H e,
eff, fame -.public dive^pna.andynmfeibutipn^ yyith which
the»j^pgMfh,5^c^ been entertained, ^t^n^ucq^dajimllq tc&mcL. The.
jgpffjiouthprn point the it^nd^^wherei thisfim?n ds feidjmdj^re'
, placed in .the latitude ofhx'WSjgS'-. , ,^h ed q n g itu ^ s>affigne(|
M | Maprefle aie fey^alf dpgjjh^iltpo;ffar to "the w^ffwani.' II& dw
natvtfutpedt thi jflands \vhioh-,M,namyi CaVv?, Montana,
q n c i^ ^ i Ch^iffoyal,. ^.fte«l^fe^called.'‘b3fe^€i®ad^^H^gafi, Kao,
ajytsyT^pfqp;. pa^^ejieftsAnamoQka.and^Q^atgboonMSL fight,to-
fh.e eaft^vard, but ,ftw feh&.two, :fmall ffoGfev'/flands .''yHocmga Tonga
and^Hopnga Hapae, i^ . la fftu d e^ a s^ ’2'',. and. Burned them-Las
He difcovered 'al^dMp^cais^ reef, .exten.ding,<two leagues-,
and leading,, t ^ t t e foqthyf^rdFja channel, three,
tween the/,reef aiftt thoftiflands. umjnhabited
LppL ' thftwered' an4;nained/ Ryl&arts -itjaqd W .ip, latjtpdfi.
22° 22’, jf7_5° sg ' weft longitueje.-I’lT h i
Ap, ftkpd, J y t^m n the.-Iatitu A ®f weft.lpp-
Mtiida, was the firjL that M-aurelle dlfco-wed,,ln angroaching |he
Friendly I Hands. He fell in with it 26th February 1781, and.named