At eight o’clock in the evening of the 27th, we weighed and
made fail, tacking occafionally during the night, and the whole of
the 28th, having light variable winds. The people were employed
in killing hogs, and falting them for the Ihip’s ufe. A number o f
canoes ftill kept following us with hogs, vegetables, &c.
At noon, on the 29th, Karakkakooa bore North-Eaft by Eaft»
diftance feven or eight leagues; and the high land of Mowee, (the
Ifland we intended next to touch at) in light. A ftrong breeze
during the whole of the 30th, prevented our touching at Mowee.
In the morning the Ifland of Ranai bore North North-Weft, at fix
leagues diftance ; and at noon a high bluff to the Weftward bore
North by Weft, diftance one league. We kept Handing for W ha-
hoo with a good Eafterly breeze.
At eight in the morning of the 31ft, the North Eaft end o f
Moretoy bore North North Eaft, diftance about fix leagues.' At
noon we faw Whahoo; the South Eaft part bore Weft South Weft,
and the North Eaft part North W e lt ; latitude 21 deg. 14 min.
North.
On the ift of June, at one in the afternoon, we came to anchor
in a bay on the South fide of Whahoo, in eight and half fathom
water, over a fandy bottom; the extremes of the land bearing
from Eaft South Eaft to Weft by South, diftance from Ihore near
two miles. We had prefently a number of canoes along-lide, but
hogs and vegetables were much fcareer here than at Owhyhee.
Early in the morning of the 2d, our Captains went on Ihore, in
order to find a watering place, and procure accommodations for
the lick : they foon met with good water, but the accefs to it was
very
very difficult, occafioned by a reef of rocks, which run almoft the
length of the bay, at a confiderable diftance from the Ihore, and fo
high, that it was fcarcely practicable, and by no means fafe for a
loaded boat to venture’Over : this circumftance made us defpair o f ’
filling our water at this ifland ; but Captain Dixon taking notice
that moft of the people in the canoes had feveral gourds, 01 cala-
balhes full of water, lie directed us to purchafe them, which we
eafily did for nails, buttons, and fuch like trifles : indeed fo fond
were they of this traffic, that every other objeft was totally abandoned,
and the whole Ifland, at leaft that part which lay next us,
were employed in bringing water : for a fmall, or a middling-fizsd
calabalh, containing perhaps two or three gallons, we gave a fmall
n a il; and for larger ones in proportion. Thus, in this very lingular,
and I may venture to fay, unprecedented manner, were both
fhips compleatly fupplied with water, not only at a trivial expence,
but alfo faving our boats, calks, and tackling, and prefervmg the
people from wet, and the danger of catching cold. During the
time we were taking in water, &c. our people were bufied in fettling
up the rigging fore and aft, feraping the fliip’s fides, and
other neceffary employments. The Surgeon took the fick people
on Ihore on the 2d, expefling the land air would be of fervice to
them ; but the weather was very fultry, and the inhabitants
crowded about them in fuch numbers, that they were obliged to
come on board, fatigued inftead of being refrelhed by their jaunt.
1785.
June.
One of our grand objects was now compleated, and our fick people
in fomemeafure recovered ; but we wifhed, if poflible, to procure
a farther lupply of hogs, vegetables, See. and Whahoo affording
but little of either, it was determined to make Attorn with all
expedition, that ifland abounding with every thing we wilhed for.
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