418 cook's VOYAGE TO JULY, 



CHAP. X. 



ADVANTAGES DERIVED FROM VISITING THE FRIENDLY 

 ISLANDS. BEST ARTICLES FOR TRAFFIC. REFRESH- 

 MENTS THAT MAY BE PROCURED. THE NUMBER OF 



THE ISLANDS, AND THEIR NAMES. KEPPEL's AND BOS- 



CAWEN'S ISLANDS BELONG TO THEM. ACCOUNT OF 



VAVAOO. OF HAMOA. OF FEEJEE. VOY r AGES OF THE 



NATIVES IN THEIR CANOES. DIFFICULTY OF PROCURING 



EXACT INFORMATION. PERSONS OF THE INHABITANTS 



OF BOTH SEXES. THEIR COLOUR. DISEASES. THEIR 



GENERAL CHARACTER. MANNER OF WEARING THEIR 



HAIR. OF PUNCTURING THEIR BODIES. THEIR CLOTH- 

 ING AND ORNAMENTS. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS, 



1 hus we took leave of the Friendly Islands 

 and their inhabitants, after a stay of between two 

 and three months ; during which time, we lived 

 together in the most cordial friendship. Some 

 accidental differences, it is true, now and then 

 happened, owing to their great propensity to 

 thieving ; but, too often encouraged by the negli- 

 gence of our own people. But these differences 

 were never attended with any fatal consequences ; 

 to prevent which, all my measures were directed ; 

 and, I believe, few on board our ships left our 

 friends here without some regret. The time em- 

 ployed amongst them was not thrown away. We 

 expended very little of our sea provisions; sub- 

 sisting in general upon the produce of the islands, 

 while we staid ; and carrying away with us a 

 quantity of refreshments sufficient to last till our 

 arrival at another station, where we could depend 

 upon a fresh supply. I was not sorry, besides, to 

 have had an opportunity of bettering the condition 



