able, through vthe Lord’s, blefling, to extend ,their labours ?from Ton-
gataboo. . ■ ' > .• \ , £ :y .
.T heweiy confiderabfe clufter, o f ^which either‘the-whhlè.'jor feme
parteis called by the natives,-F£ jE , lies within three "days fail in a
-canoe frpra that , ifland.. The more northern part o f this nuqierpus
group was diirepvered'% Tafman.6th' February ,i 643. fT h e fe , iflaiadT
and reefs are evidently the fame that were e ^ J o r^ 'M & V -D u f i ;.'.^
.amidft which ftie m e t‘w ith the greateft ganger • that^ amended her
-voyage, f l f e y were named by Tafman 'Prince William’s Ifles, and
Heemfkirk’s ftioals^ They-reach northward-to t^g I a t i tu d e ^ ^ a Y ^
(Captain Bligh fell in with the eafternmpft~of thefe;iflahds, ip i | ^ -
weft longitude, the third day. after his éfcape, from^^bqfoa in
Bounty’s launch; and he paffed through tKémidft of. them in anorth-
weftern coürfe, which he could not have made in a Ihip, there -beipjj
only four feét depth .o f water on one o f the reefs which lj,e crofted.
In this^diredHonThe found the group to extend four degrees weftward
from the firft iflands; and he faw feyeral that had frc^vtMèty to fpït^
leagues'o f coaft, and appeared fertile, being pleafingly variegated with
Hifts -and valleys. ' His defencelefs filiation obliged^ him to avoid
intercourfe with the inhabitants. On his return from Otaheite in th e
Providence, 5 th Augiift 1792, he paffed to the north o f the firft iflailds
-he had difcoverefl m J -jS f, andpoafted, upon the fouth^fide-, fórpe ó f
thofe which had been difcovcred by Tafman. After W i n g crowed'
his former track, hé doubled the.Ibiithemmoft ifland o f the. group,
in latitude 19“ i / , ,178° m /?.longitude, and proceeded^ n th Augtift,
on his -voyage, in a courfe to the northward of-weft. no
where, and the iflanders in vain attempted tp pverfaké the ftiip with
their.canoes,-apparently with hoftilé defigns. - •
T he moft weftem part of, tfWgrcmp was difcovered b y Captain
Barber, in the fnow Arthur, 26th April j 7^4, oh his paffage from
Port Jackfon to, the-north-weft coaft o f America. -He faw fix of the
iflands, the largeft o f which he places in latitude 1 f '$ fK. t f }0
mft longitude. Hè anchored' inj'a. bayhori-yt's iveftefh fide,- and fome
-native jtvlimcamc off in a canoed cre^uucCmfri'c^mc board, irid
ï S e d to^in a cc iiftSmcd>toV,tradc.''Ttyc $Ep$£yaVnbmbcrof c a n ^
^t-aok|d' t-b tu f^ y è 'dr ' thé crew*weie* -^ounhwby^feni with
'T li1ei'fn l|l^ tcm p téd jo 'b e ia^ dV fl^w e re ï é p u ^ ^ ^ K ih e
fluid’s W v C l fa r l t fmafl a fm lp The every
- o tflef M il ojnlie- g’raiSrif \\ a§'founu*td be intricate and -dangcious> ,J
E ^ ^ i s V‘uhcem'm'Whether Wie'muhftrous arid kxtcnmèv’if lx n d rM$ I
1||nriê<ft'« dl tpf$tflY$Updcr t J,cK e rrynent, oily,
fhat'at le a if fèm ^ è f $fle principal^ iflands havé béth^imjc^orRlcnt. o f , i'té
"gpverrifnent, ahef ocÖffohally^homi^m^S ^Thel aicMulo of^fliftniél
nÉfce, f g e a k /befi^le»l%-arü reake
life battle', fnm is s tHc}^'reienib& njoft^pf
"tiie^iftanders 'w l^ mhkbit fhoMl ri'g^r'*countries tc^ the ivi.fl.Sv aïd , -and I
hifier 'front'ïfr vv’lfo I
H h H - ^Manvl^ f t f l e-latter" haVefbow s 'l|P 3^ R s’> B
• o th e r ^ n T ^ ^ ^W 1^ S M - 5Th|in^|courfe 4 f?F lj<^v
^ o Y 'i^ r ^ ^ e lC tö ^ ^ e 'la f t e d m é n y | e^ & t f t® ^
prëfent c e i t l® ^ a s been f r e q u e n l.^ ^
‘tbépeoplh ö fT e ^ t s f üperpt 'te^ërrtfëlvés’, J3ötfihï$^«a‘r^pfê#^fe,
and in’ friècharlic'al ihg'efrüity ; ' their vstea|pnS 'b'eing
;^r6hgfit'i f fa ^ r l ’teMêbly flylé; a t ^ d « m anufa^uf&, '!eïfpecialfy'
that o f earthen 'vvhich'-;are ^ ’ attempted
é ‘f ö%atlbck)’i% T h ë fe a lfó^fe^db fl'Ja t F e jA ^ S è^ there
Svere rióée a f thé Frteitldiy^Iflands, b u ï ‘t l | y W ë ^ é e n fr t^ ö ft^ from
thence liricé tïïe*latter gtölip' became khbvtó t o ^ è Englilfr. The fta-
'turte ó f the Fejèahf ïs' fuperior,' their Cöm^iions’are ;darKetra:ft#ffieir.
hdir‘approaches Wwoo l. They “hïörêoyer-, teetaih the'praélicé o f ’beting-
the bodies o f enemiékwhom1 they have’kiflfeci. telhci^fs^ g w ’abhoTr^lt
’ b y all of the ligl^r'face,^ except the irihaBitants df Hew Zealand^.