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CHAP. XII. 



DEPARTURE FROM OONALASHKA, AND FUTURE VIEWS. THE 

 ISLAND AMOGHTA. SITUATION OF A REMARKABLE ROCK. 



THE STRAIT BETWEEN OONALASHKA AND OONELLA 



REPASSED. PROGRESS TO THE SOUTH. MELANCHOLY 



ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE DISCOVERY. MOWEE, ONE OF 



THE SANDWICH ISLANDS, DISCOVERED. INTERCOURSE* 



WITH THE NATIVES. VISIT FROM TERREEOBOO. AN- 

 OTHER ISLAND, CALLED OWHYHEE, DISCOVERED. THE 



SHIPS PLY TO WINDWARD TO GET ROUND IT. AN 



ECLIPSE OF THE MOON OBSERVED. THE CREW REFUSE 



TO DRINK SUGAR-CANE BEER. CORDAGE DEFICIENT IN 



STRENGTH. COMMENDATION OF THE NATIVES OF OWHYHEE. 



THE RESOLUTION GETS TO WINDWARD OF THE ISLAND. 



HER PROGRESS DOWN THE SOUTH-EAST COAST. 



VIEWS OF THE COUNTRY, AND VISITS FROM THE NA- 

 TIVES. THE DISCOVERY JOINS. SLOW PROGRESS WEST- 

 WARD. KARAKAKOOA BAY EXAMINED BY MR. BLIGH. 



VAST CONCOURSE OF THE NATIVES. THE SHIPS ANCHOR 



JN THE BAY. 



In the morning of Monday the 26th, we put to sea 

 from Samganoodha Harbour, and as the wind was 

 southerly, stood away to the westward. 



My intention was now to proceed to Sandwich 

 Islands, there to spend a few of the winter months, 

 in case we should meet with the necessary refresh- 

 ments, and then to direct our course to Kamtschatka, 

 so as to endeavour to be there by the middle of May, 

 the ensuing summer. In consequence of this reso- 

 lution, I gave Captain Clerke orders how to proceed, 

 in case of separation ; appointing Sandwich Islands 

 for the first place of rendezvous, and the harbour of 

 Petropaulowska, in Kamtschatka, for the second. 



Soon after we were out of the harbour, the wind 

 veered to the S. E. and E. S. E., which, by the even- 

 ing, carried us as far as the western part of Oona- 



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