500 cook's VOYAGE TO JAN. 



come on board the preceding day, still remained with 

 us. As I did not like the company of the latter, I 

 stood in shore toward noon, principally with a view 

 to get them out of the ship ; and some canoes coming 

 oil', I took that opportunity of sending away our 

 guests. 



We had light airs from N. W. and S.W., and 

 calms, till eleven in the morning of the 10th, when 

 the wind freshened at W. N. W., which, with a strong 

 current setting to the S. E., so much retarded us, 

 that in the evening, between seven and eight o'clock, 

 the south point of the island bore N., 10i W., four 

 leagues distant. The south snowy hill now bore N. 

 HE. 



At four in the morning of the 11th, the wind 

 having fixed at W., I stood in for the land, in order 

 to get some refreshments. As we drew near the 

 shore, the natives began to come off. We lay to, or 

 stood on and off, trading with them all the day ; but 

 got a very scanty supply at last. Many canoes visited 

 us, whose people had not a single thing to barter ; 

 which convinced us that this part of the island must 

 be very poor, and that we had already got all that 

 they could spare. We spent the 12th plying off and 

 and on, with a fresh gale at west. A mile from the 

 shore, and to the north-east of the south point of the 

 island, having tried soundings, we found ground at 

 fifty-five fathoms depth ; the bottom a fine sand. At 

 five in the evening we stood to the S. W., with the 

 wind at W. N. W. ; and soon after midnight we had 

 a calm. 



At eight o'clock next morning, having got a small 

 breeze at S. S. E, we steered to the N. N. W., in for 

 the land. Soon after a few canoes came alongside 

 with some hogs, but without any vegetables, which 

 articles we most wanted. We had now made some 

 progress ; for, at noon, the south point of the island 

 bore S. 864 E. ; the S. W. point N. 13 W. ; the 

 nearest shore two leagues distant ; latitude, by ob- 



