9 C 2 COOK'S VOYAGE TO APRIL, 



CHAP. IV. 



INTERCOURSE WITH THE NATIVES OF KOMANGO, AND OTHER 



ISLANDS. ARRIVAL AT ANNAMOOKA. TRANSACTIONS 



THERE. FEENOU, A PRINCIPAL CHIEF, FROM TONGATA- 



BOO, COMES ON A VISIT. THE MANNER OF HIS RECEP- 

 TION IN THE ISLAND, AND ON BOARD. INSTANCES OF 



THE PILFERING DISPOSITION OF THE NATIVES. SOME 



ACCOUNT OF ANNAMOOKA. THE PASSAGE FROM IT TO 

 HAPAEE. 



ibooN after we had anchored, two canoes, the one 

 with four, and the other with three men, paddled 

 toward us, and came along side without the least 

 hesitation. They brought some cocoa-nuts, bread- 

 fruit, plantains, and sugar-cane, which they bartered 

 with us for nails. One of the men came on board; 

 and when these canoes had left us, another visited 

 us; but did not stay long, as night was approaching. 

 Komango, the island nearest to us, was at least five 

 miles off; which shows the hazard these people would 

 run, in order to possess a few of our most trifling 

 articles. Besides this supply from the shore, we 

 caught this evening, with hooks and lines, a con- 

 siderable quantity offish. 



Next morning, at four o'clock, I sent Lieutenant 

 King, with two boats, to Komango, to procure re- 

 freshments; and, at five, made the signal to weigh, in 

 order to ply up to Annamooka, the wind being un- 

 favourable at north-west. 



It was no sooner day-light, than we were visited by 

 six or seven canoes from different islands, bringing 

 with them, besides fruits and roots, two pigs, several 

 fowls, some large wood-pigeons, small rails, and large 



