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though the natives sailed through the intervals 

 in their canoes. For this substantial reason, when 

 we weighed anchor from Annamooka, 1 thought it 

 necessary to go to the westward of the above 

 islands, and steered north north-west, towards Kao* 

 and Toofoa, the two most westerly islands in sight, 

 and remarkable for their great height. Feenou and 

 his attendants remained on board the Resolution 

 till near noon, when he went into the large sailing 

 canoe which had brought him from Tongataboo, 

 and stood in amongst the cluster of islands above 

 mentioned, of which we were now almost abreast, 

 and a tide or current from the westward had set 

 us, since our sailing in the morning, much over 

 toward them. 



They lie scattered at unequal distances, and are 

 in general, nearly as high as Annamooka, but only 

 from two or three miles to half a mile in length, 

 and some of them scarcely so much. They have 

 either steep rocky shores like Annamooka, or red- 

 dish cliffs ; but some have sandy beaches ex- 

 tending almost their whole length. Most of them 

 are entirely clothed with trees, amongst which 

 are many cocoa-palms, and each forms a prospect 

 like a beautiful garden placed in the sea. To 

 heighten this, the serene weather we now had, con- 

 tributed very much; and the whole might supply 



* As a proof of the great difficulty of knowing accurately the 

 exact names of the South Sea Islands, as procured from the 

 natives, I observe that what Captain Cook calls Aghao, Mr. 

 Anderson calls Kao ; and Tasman's drawing, as I find it in Mr. 

 Dalrymple's Collection of Voyages, gives the name of Kaybay to 

 the same island. Tasman's and Captain Cook's Amattafba, is, with 

 Mr. Anderson, Tqfoa. Captain Cook's Ko7nango, is Tasman's 

 Amango. There is scarcely an instance in which such variations 

 are not observable. Mr. Anderson's great attention to matters 

 of this sort being, as we learn from Captain King, well known to 

 every body on board, and admitted always by Captain Cook him- 

 self, his mode of spelling has been adopted on the engraved chart 

 of the Friendly Islands, which has made it necessary to adopt it 

 also, in printing the journal. 



