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cook's voyage to 



APRIL, 



CHAP. III. 



WENOOA-ETTE, OR OTAKOOTAIA, VISITED. ACCOUNT OF THAT 



ISLAND, AND OF ITS PRODUCE. HERVEY's ISLAND, OR TE- 



ROUGGE MOU ATTOOA, FOUND TO BE INHABITED. TRANS- 

 ACTIONS WITH THE NATIVES. THEIR PERSONS, DRESS, 



LANGUAGE, CANOES. FRUITLESS ATTEMPT TO LAND THERE. 



REASONS FOR BEARING AWAY FOR THE FRIENDLY IS- 

 LANDS. PALMERSTON'S ISLAND TOUCHED AT. DESCRIP- 

 TION OF THE TWO PLACES WHERE THE BOATS LANDED. 



REFRESHMENTS OBTAINED THERE. CONJECTURES ON THE 



FORMATION OF SUCH LOW ISLANDS. ARRIVAL AT THE 



FRIENDLY ISLANDS. 



Light airs and calms having prevailed, by turns, 

 all the night of the 3d, the easterly swell had carried 

 the ships some distance from Wateeoo, before day- 

 break. But as I had failed in my object of procur- 

 ing, at that place, some effectual supply, I saw no 

 reason for staying there any longer. I therefore 

 quitted it, without regret, and steered for the neigh- 

 bouring island, which, as has been mentioned, we 

 discovered three days before. 



With a gentle breeze at east, we got up with it 

 before ten o'clock in the morning, and I immediately 

 dispatched Mr. Gore, with two boats, to endeavour 

 to land, and get some food for our cattle. As there 

 seemed to be no inhabitants here to obstruct our 

 taking away whatever we might think proper, I was 

 confident of his being able to make amends for our 

 late disappointment, if the landing could be effected. 

 There was a reef here surrounding the land, as at 

 Wateeoo, and a considerable surf breaking against 

 the rocks ; notwithstanding which, our boats no 

 sooner reached the lee, or west side of the island, 

 but they ventured in, and Mr. Gore and his party 



