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middle of it rises in a high round hill, that may be seen 

 at the distance of ten leagues. 



When we were off Bolabola, we saw but few people 

 on the shore, and were told by Tupia that many of 

 the inhabitants were gone to Ulietea. In the after- 

 noon we found ourselves nearly the length of the 

 south end of Ulietea, and to windward of some har- 

 bours that lay on the west side of this island. Into 

 one of these harbours, though we had before been 

 ashore on the other side of the island, I intended to 

 put, in order to stop a leak which we had sprung in 

 the powder room, and to take in more ballast, as I 

 found the ship too light to carry sail upon a wind. 

 As the wind was right against us, we plied off one of 

 the harbours, and about three o'clock in the after- 

 noon on the 1st of August, we came to an anchor 

 in the entrance of the channel leading into it, in four- 

 teen fathom water, being prevented from working in, 

 by a tide which set very strong out. We then car- 

 ried out the kedge-anchor, in order to warp into the 

 harbour ; but when this was done, we could not trip 

 the bower-anchor with all the purchase we could 

 make ; we were therefore obliged to lie still all night, 

 and in the morning, when the tide turned, the ship 

 going over the anchor, it tripped of itself, and we 

 warped the ship into a proper birth with ease, and 

 moored in twenty-eight fathom, with a sandy bottom. 

 While this was doing, many of the natives came off 

 to us with hogs, fowls, and plantains, which they 

 parted with at an easy rate. 



When the ship was secured, I went on shore to 

 look for a proper place to get ballast and water, both 

 which I found in a very convenient situation. 



This day Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander spent on 

 shore, very much to their satisfaction : every body 

 seemed to fear and respect them, placing in them at 

 the same time the utmost confidence, behaving as if 

 conscious that they possessed the powder of doing 

 them mischief j without any propensity to make use 



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