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CHAP. XX. 



A DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL OTHER ISLANDS IN THE NEIGH- 

 BOURHOOD OF OTAHEITE, WITH VARIOUS INCIDENTS ; A 

 DRAMATIC entertainment; AND MANY PARTICULARS REr 

 LATIVE TO THE CUSTOMS AND MANNERS OF THE INHA- 

 BITANTS. 



After parting with our friends, we made an easy 

 sail, with gentle breezes and clear weather, and were 

 informed by Tupia, that four of the neighbouring 

 islands, which he distinguished by the names of Hua- 

 HEiNE, Ulietea, Otaha, and Bolabola, lay at the 

 distance of between one and two days sail from Ota- 

 heite ; and that hogs, fowls, and other refreshments, 

 with which we had of late been but sparingly sup- 

 plied, were there to be procured in great plenty ; but 

 having discovered from the hills of Otaheite, an 

 island lying to the northward, which he called Te- 

 thuroa, I determined first to stand that way, to take 

 a nearer view of it. It lies N. J W. distant eight 

 leagues from the northern extremity of Otaheite, 

 upon which we had observed the transit, and to which 

 we had, for that reason, given the name of Point 

 Venus. We found it to be a small low island, and 

 were told by Tupia, that it had no settled inhabitants, 

 but was occasionally visited by the inhabitants of 

 Otaheite, who sometimes went thither for a few days 

 to fish ; we therefore determined to spend no more 

 time in a farther examination of it, but to go in 

 search of Huaheine and Ulietea, which he described 

 to be well peopled, and as large as Otaheite. 



At six o'clock in the morning of the 14th, the 

 westermost part of Eimeo, or York Island, bore S. 

 E. i S. and the body of Otaheite E. ^ S. At noon, 

 the body of York Island bore E. by S. J S. j and Port- 



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