PACIFIC AND BEEIUNG'S STRAIT. 313 



CHAPTER X. 



Departure from Otaheite — Arrival at Woahoo, Sandwich Islands 

 — Contrast between the two Countries — Visit the King and 

 Pitt — Departure — Oneehow — Passage to Kamschatka — Petro- 

 paulski — Beering's Island — St. Lawrence Island — Esquimaux 

 — King's Island — Diomede Islands — Pass Beering's Strait — 

 Arrive in Kotzebue Sound — Anchor off Chamisso Island — Ice 

 Formation in Escholtz Bay. 



On the 26th of April, we left this delightful CH X AP - 

 island, in which we had passed many very pleasant ^—^y— 

 days, in the enjoyment of the society of the resi- i 8 26.' 

 dents, and of the scenery of the country. We put 

 to sea in the morning, and about noon reached the 

 low Island of Tethoroa, the watering place of the 

 Otaheitans. It is a small coral island, distant about 

 seven leagues from Otaheite ; from the hills of 

 which it may be distinctly seen, and is abundantly 

 provided with cocoa-nut trees. The salubrity of 

 this little island, which was formerly the resort of 

 the chiefs, arreoys, and others, for the purpose of 

 recruiting their health after their debaucheries, is 

 still proverbial at Otaheite. Spare diet and fresh 

 air were the necessary consequences of a visit to this 

 place, and for a good constitution were the only 



