féîife to &e àmuSM With à -ftorylbat théShip Was to Joîfe ftfey
whenTh®' was ndt iii ‘ Hght fr ofo* tfab îîiîlîs. ï Was &ï "firffe
doubtful whether I Should tell the real fkdfe, o r fay th a t t'hfc
Ship had OTeitet and furtk, and thàt we ooly Weffe SaVed-f
the latter appeared to be the moft proper and advantageous
for us, and I accordingly1 inffrudted my people, that wfe
xpight all agree in one Story. As I expeéted, empiMëswerè-
made about the Ship,. and" they Teemed readily Satisfied with
our account ; hut there did:Pot appear tire leafffiymptom o f
joy or fotrow in their faces, although I fancied I difcôvërep
fômdmarkk of -faspi^él: ■'^fitter Of the natives were Comih^
and going the whole aftémOoh, and we got- eifough o f
hread-fruit, plantains, and cocoa-nuts for another day ; ©M
of water they orify brought us àbodt fiVe 'pints. A cühoe
alfo'came in with fdur men, and brought a few cocoa-nuts-
ahd bread-fruit, Which I bought' as 1 had dëné th e reff..,
Karls Were* much énqtnh^tiftér^bdt i wbuldTfot'foffef any
to be Shewn, as They Were Wanted fordhe life bëâh
Towards éVenüig, I hadtlfofâtïffâsftion tô-fihdawf Stock
Of provisions Somewhat increafed ;. but the natives'dhl hot
appear to bàŸe' ffiucb to What they tbmhgbt
in fueb fmall quantities, that I h ad no reafo-n !to hope
We Should he able tO'proctrfe from them fu fe ie n t tb Stock
iis for otir voyage. • At fun-fet,
quiet poffeSfipirdf the Cbve.;!lI thought this a good' fig»,,
and made no doubt that they would, codé-again the hejtf
day with a better fupply of food and water, with Which
I hoped to fail without farther delay for If,, in attempting-
to get to Tdngatàboo,we Should be driven to leeward of the
iflands, there would be a larger quantity of provisions to
fupport us againft Such. a misfortune»
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T H E SO U T H 3 E A S, See.
M night, I feryed a quarter of a bread-fruit and a cocoa- afy
nut to each perfon for Supper; and, a good fire being made, __ ,
all but the \yatch went to deep«
At day-break, the next morning, I, was pleafed to find Saturday z.
every one’s fpirits a little, i?evive|,, and that they no longer
regarded me with thofe anxious looks, which had constantly
been directed towards me Since, we loft fight of the Ship
every countenance appeared to have a degree, of cbeerful-
nefs, and they ?,11 feemed determined to do their beft.
.As there certainty. # pur being, fupphe# with,
water by the natives, I Sent, a party among the guilds, in
the mphntains, with emj$y Sheik, to, fee.,what cpnld.be
fonn'drH.Ip their abfeqep |he,n^ly^./apie-; about ,usyr|.s 1
.expected, and in greater-ushers-; two-, canoes alfb came in
round the-nqrth fidqof the, i%pd. . In one of them
was. an eidc.fty-chief, eallfds ^acGa-ac|ca^oy5v>»cSQ^ after,
Tome of pur .foraging party returned, pid with5therp cam,«
a. gqod-loakihg. chief,; called .Egyeefow, oar perhaps more
properly Eefow,, Egij or Egbee, %nj|fyfog. a chief. To^aeb
of thefe men I, mj^jg a prefer# o f an old Shirt apd a knife,
and | Soon found they-eifhep had feen me, or- had heard p f
my befog M Apnamookay .Tfecy knew I hab been with
captain. GopkwWhq they tpquired after, and captain
Clerk. They were very inqmfitt^.'fo fo
ner I had loft my Ship. During this conversation, a young
man, named Nageete,. appeared, whom I remembered to
have feen at Annamopka $j he expreffed much -pleafure at
our meeting.; I enquired after Poulaho and Feenow, who,
they faid, were,at Tongataboo; and Eefow agreed, to. accompany
me thither, if I wo.uldwyait. till the weather moderated.
■ ■ The readinefs and affability of thi.s man gave me much la—
tjisfadfeon.M
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