Ckptain Biigh, m the 'Providence, Accompanied'by Captain Porflock', -
'in fetoriiing
laid to:,dttrihg the ’
obtained pf§vffiortA;'4hut 'did'not land. Tw o fhipjf, which Maurefle
underftood torhaVe been here prior to lift VoyAge, ftifght b§nkofe o f
Cook and Clerke, which the natives Rad probably feen at1 Hapae.' By
Vhkfever natoe thefeiflands ought to be diftinguiflied,. they prefent a
favourable and a confiderable'objek: for the1 attention bfour miffiopa»es.
Thelongitudeaffigned to them'by Captaiii EdwaYdsJsfiy30'^3' weft,
hfEO o T A§!5fi TABOO and R oot^AHe 'drePfeparlted'by a .channel
dniy three'ixfiles b rd iftfin Whidflis a ' ftrflll ifliuid / kndyare^fi/uafed in
latitude 1 Jf weftlongitude. The former is‘‘th'd mold examong
the
into IfwcTuiffiqual pdfts'by a channel, which, at the mouth, f^ th ree
hundred yards wide. . Kwtahe i's veVTqfiy? ' 0? a^ec^icfl' jw*1’-
between two and three miles in diameter, and lies no&hbeaft^from? the
former. Both are populous, fertile, and'ppflefled of fhe fame a n irn ^
"and vegetables as the iftands before defcribedf; "They ,iyere‘MfcoTCred
rby Schouten and Lemaire, io thM a y 1616. 'Their iRip.anchorecT'on
-grtmrid, with twenty-five fathom; b u tth e y ' fehCa'boaFto;'the-larger
ifland to fearch for a better ftation. The natives fwath^Hmd^the fhip,
and bartered cocoa-nuts in abundance for nails and' feeds'; but.'they
endeavoured to fe iz e the boat, and one o f them ; w a / fhot before
they defifted from the attempt. Sj The chief o f Ne6b |ah tfe ^o b ,_w h a
had the title of'Lafbo, came on board; and having invited me Dutqh
to that ifland, they were proceeding thither, when a thpufandof
. the riatives 'fuddcnly attacked the"fhip from their canoes, but were
repulfed with much havoc by the cannon loadfed'with muflcet-balls*
Schouten departed on fhe 13th o f the fame month. Hegaye the names
of Traitors’ and Cocoa iflands to thefe difcoveries, in confequencp
*df the reception he met with. Captain Wallis fell h i'’with them
r ?jfWiuplift,T . yand;cylled.& a pn.Keppel’s a n d .^ c ^ W ^ a ^ g ^ ^
His, hoards crew cxamrnecL^^^^fetKj^aboQ^and ft^iind. a ipl^ce. ( for t
fmGlroring .and landing!.“' inconvenientlyEto,^ed.,
C a p lin Wal-lif ..ex^hAnge l fqm
theirsckibL J n d t y , }to 1 he wew ’| S B | i n$ f e
wexyinPoulanjVhoftflv®1 ft lb ng 1 tn^pjyitA,
hipi. jp f k o | ^ e J p j g t^ e ^ p U t ^Lpunbu,„Lr i & ^ nJ» ha^mg^tbe
rie^t>dayeyanftn6d^°^yhfidfl.aftds,JAid ,tp^mm&iollo'ying, m a &ndy .
baj^upoh ^hnyiinrffli^ poaft_jgf^th^ larg e r
*fhenati\i's brought off^mcjindl cocqamuls Jic .h a^ g v g :,fe en j^ y^ j
as well as,Tonic -foi^s^and,abkog^: they„d,i|'cpvered
no apprehenflon, and traded, veny freely^ , T h e y ( . qr
fputhern^i^^d^s^Tn^ev^y thing, 'except jtkat tlxcis^|ojcs ip d^ ^ c l a ,
ferocity,- like',That. which ral^Qierizes, ^their -northern^nci,gJ,houxs..,j
? ^ E |^ p g |S |^ ^ B t§ iy ^ | i^ ^ 'to V ^ n c ^ n ,b o a i iL ^ i t ^niflicyTthet
rnoft, trifling theftg. -with-fpyerityRavmgbeen recently^xafpemte^by
t|ies murder o f .^Captain' d'e-L! Aagig -af
nf‘tbV^ y i o-atnrs»* w h iM i e to northv ar'd o " f^ l c , ^ ;
rocky bank, vtwo of tfyee,,leagues north o f l^^orahe, wa s^^lfedinj
1,61,6;- „mth feurteen' %lhom water'ruppnat.
‘ A n 'ifland wasidiftovered Schouten W d , Lemaire'thy da^^Ftey
they left the 'preceding,., which^they reckoned (tOjl^,thirty^D.utch,
leagues more" to the weftward, T l^ y |j|mged ' n^ly^p^,
circular form, and abf^rt twp feigue,s,<rfrom north to^^huth; .but, they
©t p r e f s u n c e r t a i n t y as,to its extent. It isT uB y , and covered-
with .verdure, abounding,wit^ c^^^-n^' tree^, A ,
l& ge 'yfliage-naifl ^fflore,., .rT n e y^ c^ ^ ;j t ,THopef ifland^,
/ r o m 't^ p r q & A 'i t afforded them of^obtiunina, fe fre ft^ r jts , }^Of
thefe they we® neverth'elefs difappointed , not p em C ^ le to layd jo^,
th e ju r f, ,whicl?every y ^ e r a ^ ^ \ p p o p ’the\cqajl f s e n t o ^ i^ q a l j
io" foSnd'r'they .round /rom Twenty‘to ^ | w f a |M ^
hundrecf'yards fn^ R nre. witfl^^jock/'t^m-j' fin lh ^ t% r y ,t jo ,
{pvndipgs a little further out. Tfhe natives ja^ecfas at Kootahe,^ ^nd
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