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nour of moe, or prostration ; and among others, they 

 named Otaeaio and Terarotoa. Amongst other things 

 which these people now brought off, was a small drum, 

 almost like those of Otaheite. 



About ten or eleven o'clock at night, the wind 

 veered to the south, and the sky seemed to fbrbode 

 a storm. With such appearances, thinking that we 

 were rather too near the shore, I ordered the anchors 

 to be taken up, and having carried the ships into 

 forty-two fathoms, came to again in that safer station. 

 The precaution, however, proved to be unnecessary ; 

 for the wind, soon after, veered to N. N. E., from 

 which quarter it blew a fresh gale, with squalls, at- 

 tended with very heavy showers of rain. 



This weather continued all the next day ; and the 

 sea ran so high that we had no manner of communi- 

 cation with our party on shore ; and even the natives 

 themselves durst not venture out to the ships in their 

 canoes. In the evening I sent the master in a boat 

 up to the south-east head, or point of the island, to try 

 if he could land under it. He returned with a fa- 

 vourable report ; but it was too late, now, to send for 

 our party till the next morning ; and thus they had 

 another night to improve their intercourse with the 

 natives. 



Encouraged by the master's report, I sent a boat to 

 the south-east point, as soon as day-light returned, 

 with an order to Mr. Gore, that if he could not em- 

 bark his people from the spot where they now were, 

 to march them up to the point. As the boat could 

 not get to the beach, one of the crew swam ashore, and 

 carried the order. On the return of the boat, I went 

 myself with the pinnace and launch up to the point, 

 to bring the party on board ; taking with me a ram- 

 goat and two ewes, a boar and sow pig of the English 

 bi'eed ; and the seeds of melons, pumpkins, and oni- 

 ons ; being very desirous of benefiting these poor 

 people, by furnishing them with some additional arti- 

 cles of food, 1 landed with the greatest ease, under 



