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CHAP. XL 



SOME ISLANDS DISCOVERED. ACCOUNT OF THE NATIVES OF 



ATOOI, WHO COME OFF TO THE SHIPS, AND THEIIl BEHA- 

 VIOUR ON GOING ON BOARD. ONE OF THEM KILLED. 



FRECAUTIONS USED TO PREVENT INTERCOURSE WITH THE 

 FEMALES. A WATERING-PLACE FOUND. RECEPTION UP- 

 ON LANDING. EXCURSION INTO THE COUNTRY. A MO- 



RAI VISITED AND DESCRIBED. GRAVES OF THE CHIEFS, 



AND OF THE HUMAN SACRIFICES THERE BURIED. AN- 

 OTHER ISLAND, CALLED ONEEHOW, VISITED. CERE3IONIES 



PERFORMED BY THE NATIVES, WHO GO OFF TO THE SHIPS. 



REASONS FOR BELIEVING THAT THEY ARE CANNIBALS. 



A PARTY SENT ASHORE, WHO REMAIN TWO NIGHTS. 



ACCOUNT OF WHAT PASSED ON LANDING. THE SHIPS 



LEAVE THE ISLANDS, AND PROCEED TO THE NORTH. 



On the 2d of January, at day-break, we weighed 

 anchor, and resumed our course to the north ; hav- 

 ing fine weather, and a gentle breeze at east, and 

 east-south-east, till we got into the latitude of 7 45' 

 N. and the longitude of 205 E., where we had one 

 calm day. This was succeeded by a north-east by 

 east, and east-north-east wind. At first it blew faint, 

 but freshened as we advanced to the north. We 

 continued to see birds every day, of the sorts last 

 mentioned ; sometimes in greater numbers than 

 others; and between the latitude of 10 and ll c , we 

 saw several turtle. All these are looked upon as 

 signs of the vicinity of land. However, we discovered 

 none till day-break, in the morning of the J 8th, 

 when an island made its appearance, bearing north- 

 east by east ; and, soon after, we saw more land bear- 

 ing north, and entirely detached from the former. 

 Both had the appearance of being high land. At 

 noon, the first bore north-east by east, half east, by 

 estimation about eight or nine leagues distant; and an 



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