ï t AM a Kó ü r a (Bitternefs), on account ö f his.fe v e ïè '• di&ppóinft
mölt o f bbtaiöilig rëftóQAmertts^ from f t hö Iandiri|^iadè'«Mn^f6UAcl
evert for boats, and the ifland it fd f haying a Angular appearance o f
barreriftefs.: Upon a - tóhfideftbfé mountain' Within it, not a tred was
a® be feen. In July 1791 Captain Edwards eóaftëd the north-weft
fide o f this ifland, and dbfcrved the appearance o f £ tolerable landing-
place in that «fuarter. Tha t part o f the coaft was fiat tableland,
and- from the edge o f the fur-
face fmoke iftped tddrtgits Whole extent. He called it Gardner’s
ill and.'
A n ifland called b y the natives L a T t a it f- hi latitude t 8° 47' ac/',
1 7 4 ^ 8 'weft longftudé, was difcovered'by Maurelle the day after he
had paflfcd the former. It confifts chiefly o f a \%ft cönical mountain,
the fuihmif Of Which appeared to be burnt, but the fides wire
«CóVered With • trees ; Arid i f is futrounded with a lowefbór<fer, which
is Very fertile,- and affords frefh water, e Many cattöes came óff,'Slid
th e people in thètff, fthbrfgWhom was the chief o f the ifland, behaved
With much confidence and' kindnefs, and fold cocoa*ttuts;and bandnai
to the Spahikrds.1 Gkptain Edwards gave this ' plafcè ithe natndof
Bickerton’s ifland.
• Maurelle proceeded toward fomc iflands fifteen leagues diftant,
and lying eaft-north-eaft: from the preceding j- the appearance o f
Which' próiSÜfod better£ khefi<Sragè,c 'éjs Welt'as^dnbft abftndihtjlift
frefhments. He was prevented by the wind from reaching them till
the 4th o f March, when, after palling between fomë-fmalter elevated
iflands on the north-Weft o f the principal land, he anchored in a
cfêek bordered With houfes and plantations. In approaching this
ftation,- the fhip had every day been furrounded by numerous canoes,
laden with all kinds o f provifiodsr, in exchafigé for which thé iilanders
wanted to have tools, hut obtained only clothing; Maurelle having
ftrangely prohibited 'the fale Of fiföö. ; The natives were in general
tall and robuft. T hé chief, named Toobóü, to whom they paid the
moft profound refjtea:, Was advanced in age," and Very corpulent.
JJe treated Maurelle with the fame profufe hofpitality that dCpok .had
experienced at the more fouthern iflands. Water ,w$sf,n9,t, fhp'yeyer, ,tp
Jbe optained fuffciently nigh .at hand, and that which ppz^dfintp 4,pk
dug hy the Spaniards proved too brackifh to. he ufed. Maurelle therefore
rempyedfto^a blwhwp f t y d w & ip
J^rtwO(|®chpi;|, {ftp way..psrfeiHy. and igoojL
water Was obtafoj^ dofe to the fhp^e.., Sp^nterd^ ^ere ^entertained
with ,yHe4ufcu,’.pgbhG..diyer^n^,1 always on their
ftrard, tfieinterepurte on ftore wasih.Qt,ip^ro|i|dv|)yiany ppnlqft*
jbut the 'j{|aftj.ers who canje ,911 board? flpte everything jb§y,Cffuld
been pfr^he^t|]^s0wa§ .{hot dead, in attempting tp
tyke t f t t gftp,; • Mpui^e-fiftled 1 pfeMatedij. through a channel to ,the
font f t weft,, w h i c h a s Weft as t^ f tb aw M < i?he emeted. tvsjas, found,
to ge''®erfodjy ct^modftu^y H e ,places. .f t s a An^ftrag&j in,, liftit.udp
d 8°.3a,v and he palledi,t JE/A|/^f0If1- o r j f t Refuge.
The & rg e ft^ ,th e fo i^apdlA^eadygq^^ftije&pat.tp,Thng|iaftp,
and confiderabiy -higher, ra|though pot mSRft&ftbJJS* •.. .Ijt is h ig h ly
;pmdu.9ipgjii.e: fapac dfewhere
in thefe latitude, and. aftupd.ing4J?lorC-,With the cfotftnlantRftp.
apy.-pf the .^te^dlyJflkrtds. ft|s -gtsouQ l& r , , Ofti
.M a r t in ^ |Vj_4 y ok.g a ,. Jthsm ykerov jpf •Mp^ch, *,, a n d s> jffiti,-
*ra{ion p f thpn^^^uf^d'bythp tmftHt^iitS:. ■
Jftjoufe, ,Whp,5 in .pppmsohpd ah t f t jflfads laft defcribeft,
put had po injercQufte. with . the .natops, . takes it fpr granted, that
tjiey conflijute f t e c.oup|;ry calted--by Cook Vavaoo, but, pronounced
Uavpu. by,tjft_fErtegdly;iflmdei|s?1^ d i 4 j r a ^ fpojcen-pf :4s. k fP g ftt
-the diftance o f twp days fail- from Hapae. But this fpace, -according
to Captain.Cpo.k’s.calculation,. muft exceed, two hundred miles, which
is more than do.uble the diftance between Hapae and the iflands. of
Mayorga.. Captain Edwards .alfp explored, this clufter in July 179 1,
jaaming it Howe’s iflands, and; the, anchorage Curtis’s, found. The
fhip w^s vifiteft by two p.erfops, called Futtafaihe: and Toobou.