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and white ones are thought the least valuable. A 

 string of large blue beads would, at any time, pur- 

 chase a hog. But it must be observed, that such 

 articles as are merely ornaments, may be highly 

 esteemed at one time, and not so at another. When 

 we first arrived at Annamooka, the people there 

 would hardly take them in exchange even for fruit ; 

 but when Feenou came, this great man set the 

 fashion, and brought them into vogue, till they rose 

 in their value to what I have just mentioned. 



In return for the favourite commodities which I 

 have enumerated, all the refreshments may be pro- 

 cured that the islands produce. These are hogs, 

 fowls, fish, yams, bread-fruit, plantains, cocoa- 

 nuts, sugar-cane, and, in general, every such supply 

 as can be met with at Otaheite, or any of the 

 Society Islands. The yams of the Friendly Islands 

 are excellent, and when grown to perfection, 

 keep very well at sea. But their pork, bread- 

 fruit, and plantains, though far from despicable, 

 are, nevertheless, much inferior in quality to the 

 same articles at Otaheite, and in its neighbour- 

 hood. 



Good water, which ships on long voyages stand so 

 much in need of, is scarce at these islands. It may 

 be found, it is true, on them all ; but, still, either in 

 too inconsiderable quantities, or in situations too 

 inconvenient to serve the purposes of navigators. 

 However, as the islands afford plenty of provisions, and 

 particularly of cocoa-nuts, ships may make a tolerable 

 shift with such water as is to be got ; and if one is 

 not over nice, there will be no want. While we lay 

 at anchor under Kotoo, on our return from Hapaee, 

 some people from Kao informed us that there was a 

 stream of water there, which, pouring down from the 

 mountain, runs into the sea on the south-west side 

 of the island ; that is, on the side that faces Toofoa, 

 another island remarkable for its height, as also for 

 having a considerable volcano in it, which, as has 



