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this island, when I first visited it in 1773 ; but I now 

 found they had got a good many, partly from the 

 breed then left by myself, and partly from some, 

 imported since that time, from an island not very re- 

 mote, called Feejee. The dogs, however, at present, 

 had not found their way into any of the Friendly 

 Islands, except Tongataboo ; and none but the 

 chiefs there had as yet got possession of any. 



Being now upon the eve of our departure from 

 this Island, I shall add some particulars about it, and 

 its productions, for which I am indebted to Mr. 

 Anderson. And, having spent as many weeks there, 

 as I had done days* when I visited it in 1773, the 

 better opportunities that now occurred, of gaining 

 more accurate information, and the skill of that 

 gentleman, in directing his inquiries, will, in some 

 measure, supply the imperfection of my former ac- 

 count of this island. 



" Amsterdam, Tongataboo, or (as the natives also 

 very frequently call it) Tonga, is about twenty 

 leagues in circuit, somewhat oblong, though, by 

 much, broadest at the east end ; and its greatest 

 length from east to west. The south shore, which 

 I saw in 1773, is straight, and consists of coral rocks, 

 eight or ten feet high, terminating perpendicularly, 

 except in some places, where it is interrupted by 

 small sandy beaches ; on which, at low water, a 

 range of black rocks may be seen. The west end is 

 not above five or six miles broad, but has a shore 

 somewhat like that of the south side ; whereas the 

 whole north side is environed with shoals and islands, 

 and the shore within them low and sandy. The 

 east side or end is, most probably, like the south j 

 as the shore begins to assume a rocky appearance 

 toward the north east point, though not above seven 

 or eight feet high. 



" The island may, with the greatest propriety, be 



*From the 4th to the 7th of October. 



