A 



VOYAGE 



TO 



THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



BOOK III. 



TRANSACTIONS AT OTAHEITE, AND THE SOCIETY 

 ISLANDS ; AND PROSECUTION OF THE VOYAGE TO 

 THE COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. 



CHAP. I. 



AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON OBSERVED. THE ISLAND 



TOOBOUAI DISCOVERED. ITS SITUATION, EXTENT, AND 



APPEARANCE. INTERCOURSE WITH ITS INHABITANTS. 



THEIR. PERSONS, DRESSES, AND CANOES DESCRIBED. 



ARRIVAL IN OHEITEPEHA BAY AT OTAHEITE. OMAl's 



RECEPTION, AND IMPRUDENT CONDUCT. ACCOUNT OF 



SPANISH SHIPS TWICE VISITING THE ISLAND. INTER- 

 VIEW WITH THE CHIEF OF THIS DISTRICT. THE OLLA, 



OR GOD, OF BOLABOLA. A MAD PROPHET ARRIVAL IN 



MATAVAI BAY. 



JriAviNG, as before related*, taken our final leave 

 of the Friendly Islands, I now resume my narrative 

 of the voyage. In the evening of the 17th of July, 

 at eight o'clock, the body of Eaoo bore north-east 

 by north, distant three or four leagues. The wind 

 was now at east, and blew a fresh gale. With it I 

 stood to the south, till half an hour past six o'clock 

 the next morning, when a sudden squall from the 



* See the conclusion of chap. ix. book ii. 



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