f if .Wifid which break overthb-moigtóïaiiis and precipices! ^-Thè nativés
exceed, in general beauty, i thofe o f tb ê’ ,g r ö ^ ^ & ^ K ^ ‘|feK?ïSedi
efpeciMly- the females, who are npt d isgp red^-^iiïiétn fes , although
«the men" are almoft, entirely] Covered with 'thofe-marks.- THe women
appear ito'’bé' in-grêitér’and -mbfe'-'gërieFal:fubjeélïori^aï»'the -Martfu'èfas
thkn' dfèWhefeJ# BotfrSflxds-’ -are «inferior dn - ‘pérfehaF cle^MIffefè &
thë 'natWörof -OtbhêtótóaïTöngatabooj' b a -è^ - ïe fs Cbfsvènïëhcef&r
bathing*. '-They ufe lefö c lo th in g ; ,ani'.Td5P|Ghiefs iat^'ifëfs «dift-inj
guiftiedrïróm fheir- 'fuhjöftsV êxïeptFby- the ^dfuÊört^-ïïflaHSSnts
-Wifchy whidh -they-'are fometimes'^röveretl. ’ - The’ fbjï dfbthefe ïflands’,
■ for-thé greater-part, ishribtïpfo' fertile a’s1 in- aiiy.öf-! tHe*pïecëdh$g
gröüpss-i^but the inhabitants'' aïBf' ffföbably irf ^eöi^e^ItóïScebëf £n|s
deficiency, i moreiatStivei and' i vigorous1 tBa^klk>feJ^J.O®bteife. ^-Tfie
bread-fruit attains here to the 'highéft perfection; but whëfidtiisiöuè
articles o f fockb Kr'be- fubflatfibthfbif it^ffe' fence. The- MarqUefdns
Friendly ifltadersi in p4 ^ ’alt*«aJ^ e^ ce, f ^
♦W theOtaheiteans. - and in-being exempt from ¥ h ê p k® ^ ^ S f i fm
murders; and other evils producfed b y thc arfeoe feciéty. W
|| :0 a I-ÖT a h©o, ’which- was deleted out?of- thê g#0SpWfo be-a'-ifilf?
fionary Ration cbecanfe ;If was- b e f t 'known to,;Eu^^e^fe^^dfigHêh
inferior - extent to'- fome ’o f - the 'neighbouring^ iftairfs,_ being dn&
nine miles ‘long from north to foutK,. andfabdut-1 levert-leagüfes in cir-
cu it:. Anarrqw ridge o f lofty hills runs through * its • w hole d^ngf h'J and.
is joined .by other ridges- which gradually rife from the cliffs -.upon,
the cöltfts, ' They are divided by deep, narrow, and fertile valleys;
adorned with ttices^ and watered by brooks and cafcadês.v '-On.\be
w-eftem fide are feveral coves; That in which Europeans have ufually
.anchored,!idfituated under thefeigheft landdM'thecPUPfJb inffiti&de
t f SS’’ -39" 81: A0" weft longitude. It ■ béars foUthr-r ,5° eaft from
the sfcfticnd o f a larger .'adjacent ifland, \ called Ohevahöa. Thé
points that foim the harbour (of which that- tod he fouthward is the
higheftj --»b-1 £hr>nt fra ; mile afunder, and their diftance. froth- the*head
o f the rharhóur hot much -lefs>. : The depth o f water is from thiftyfata
to t twelve 'fathoms; and-the bottom .clean fand. Two Tandy
coygs ytithin tfoe bay are ftparated by a rocky poin£j and each has a
rivulet £ and habitation-Hm it: ,T,hat ° n the northern beach bears the
fame name with"! thpuifland g.tlje ipt-llgfohwhich is ^nearly‘Concealed,
among the »trees ,> is called?1 Innamei:
■ Ai^lyaro->Mendana?it4e Neyfra di'fcpypredathis, ifland-and the three
which^lif nearefttoit, in July ti 5^5! He" named them L'as <M a r -
s-As'ftdb&Mendoca, ipjhoriour.,©ft M'£R4’0£^;Marquis -of'Canete’,.
i^egjvkeroyjp^ Peru,- who had- difpatthed, JMeJylana fe rR jh enSe,-,with:
four {hips, Jhpjthe pu|pG^ q^-^cu^jijng- tfie iflai^.of^SolbnioP'iJV^hich
had been difcqvered-by :the fame ngylgatorf^yventy-eight^y^irs before.,
^eingyeryunqerjtainlpfehe, diftance? of^K^iflandftfrom .Peru,die? yvas[
\prpcqeding,'in their latit-ufejjto fearch fo r {hem, when Ije-difcpyered the
.fouthemnipft" iflandt- ^ l l p ; MajqUefas; | On the 25th J u ly i^ fe n t a
Ib'pat; ta examine Ohittahcio,'' which..%q'^^edi^anta^h-rjftiha, | ap4
having found;uhe5harbourM^dy|^defcribed, he named it Port Madre
‘1 de K to ;. jlvlanriquez, who commanded ythq-ohoat si landed-, and rrjarched
w j f ,§ v e n t y ’fpldiersv?by be§.q^f drum* round the northern yijage^
fl>ut the in^ i% ts^ d d d n o tff t i r ^ ^ t h g k fipuffSjtill tluyaarty-halted,
fin d^ a ll^ l J^hefi s.^j®}itflhree; hundred mPni,apd ifpinen
peaceably advanced.c3A t ;the requeft1>©f0thgjpapiardi-they b rg^ h |
t^ysral kinds^pfj^uk, a^d^^r^fyatercbn,taine4<in-cpc|o§.rniUt (hellsj
T'he womens ppon^ijivbabon.jfat doWn.among thP'.fpldiprs^>/but.the
merr prdefbdqta r;keep at a diftcJicej ‘apd|t4|fe|§baKl'ore' >watef^in
jar^-.’-wbukh i,had - been] brought in-the hokt>,^-|^%‘'*feeme4<!d(f"
i.^pfed ^ojbeep the jars-§ .ppon-winch Manrique5^utfaliy fired anlongft
ihem, and-hr^ke, off tbeir.jCommunic^tion fp^-that -ggQe.'sp Onjthe qffjh,
IS/fend^na 'brqp^it his, fqv^.drq%qt^ 'apqhof'jn^ei-ha^pur.j, and/n^fs
being perforaiji^pn; Ihore-; ,thg xnati^s^filen^iy attendeii-Jt^the-Ggr&;
fnni»y . . After taking for-rpa^»pofleffipn^l%tthgjcop’n^ry-iinjife name
o f thq King ofiSpj.in, bp- eo^^-youred ^^eftablifli^ffriegdlytintterf
copr^ pjtvith i-the people», and fowled f Indian--corn^in. tbeirf^efence:
When, he-returned oft,-board, he».'left.|be-command-of-the partypn
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