32Q cook's voyage to may,, 



CHAP. VI. 



DESCRIPTION OF LEFOOGA. ITS CULTIVATED STATE. ITS 



EXTENT. TRANSACTIONS THERE. A FEMALE OCULIST. 



SINGULAR EXPEDIENTS FOR SHAVING OFF THE HAIR. 



THE SHIPS CHANGE THEIR STATION. A REMARKABLE 



MOUNT AND STONE. DESCRIPTION OF HOOLAIVA. AC- 

 COUNT OF POULAHO, KING OF THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS. 



RESPECTFUL MANNER IN WHICH HE IS TREATED BY HIS 



PEOPLE. DEPARTURE FROM THE HAPAEE ISLANDS. SOME 



ACCOUNT OF KOTOO. RETURN OF THE SHIPS TO ANNA- 



MOOKA. POULAHO AND FEENOU MEET, ARRIVAL AT 



TONGATABOO. 



Curiosity on both sides being now sufficiently 

 gratified, by the exhibition of the various entertain- 

 ments I have described, I began to have time to look 

 about me. Accordingly, next day, I took a walk 

 into the island of Lefboga, of which I was desirous 

 to obtain some knowledge. I found it to be in 

 several respects superior to Annamooka. The plan- 

 tations were both more numerous, and more exten- 

 sive. In many places, indeed, toward the sea, 

 especially on the east side, the country is still waste, 

 owing perhaps to the sandy soil ; as it is much 

 lower than Annamooka, and its surrounding isles. 

 But toward the middle of the island, the soil is bet- 

 ter ; and the marks of considerable population, and 

 of improved cultivation, were very conspicuous. 

 For we met here with very large plantations, inclosed 

 in such a manner, that the fences running parallel 

 to each other, from fine spacious public roads, that 

 would appear ornamental in countries where rural 

 conveniencies have been carried to the greatest per- 

 fection. We observed large spots covered with the 



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