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we had been the evening before ; and the little wind 

 that now blew, was right in our teeth. 



We continued to ply, all day, to very little pur- 

 pose; and, in the evening, anchored in thirty-nine 

 fathoms' water; the bottom coral rocks, and broken 

 shells; the west point of Annamooka bearing E. 

 N. E., four miles distant. Tooboulangee and Taipa 

 kept their promise, and brought off to me some hogs. 

 Several others were also procured by bartering, from 

 different canoes that followed us; and as much fruit 

 as we could well manage. It was remarkable, that, 

 during the whole day, our visitors from the islands 

 would hardly part with any of their commodities to 

 any body but me. Captain Clerke did not get above 

 one or two hogs. 



At four o'clock next morning, I ordered a boat to 

 be hoisted out, and sent the master to sound the 

 south-west side of Annamooka; where there appeared 

 to be a harbour, formed by the island on the north- 

 east, and by small islots and shoals, to the south-west 

 and south-east. In the mean time the ships were got 

 under sail, and wrought up to the island. 



When the master returned, he reported, that he 

 had sounded between Great and Little Annamooka, 

 where he found ten and twelve fathoms' depth of 

 water, the bottom coral sand; that the place was 

 very well sheltered from all winds; but that there 

 was no fresh water to be found, except at some dis- 

 tance inland; and that, even there, little of it was to 

 be got, and that little not good. For this reason only, 

 and it was a very sufficient one, I determined to 

 anchor on the north side of the island, where, during 

 my last voyage, I had found a place fit both for 

 watering and landing. 



It was not above a league distant; and yet we did 

 not reach it till five o'clock in the afternoon, being 

 considerably retarded by the great number of canoes 

 that continually crowded round the ships, bringing 

 to us abundant supplies of the produce of their island. 



