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Having been necessarily detained at Ulietea so 

 long, by the carpenters, in stopping our leak, we de- 

 termined to give np our design of going on shore at 

 Bolabola, especially as it appeared to be difficult of 

 access. 



To these six islands, Ulietea, Otaha, Bolabola, 

 Huaheine, Tubai, and Maurua, as they lie contiguous 

 to each other, I gave the names of Society Islands, 

 but did not think it proper to distinguish them se- 

 parately by any other names than those by which 

 they were known to the natives. 



They are situated between the latitude of 16° 10' 

 and IG"" 55' S,, and between the longitude of 150° 

 5T and 152° W. from the meridian of Greenwich. 

 Ulietea and Otaha lie within about two miles of each 

 other, and are both inclosed within one reef of coral 

 rocks, so that there is no passage for shipping between 

 them. This reef forms several excellent harbours ; 

 the entrances into them, indeed, are but narrow, yet 

 when a ship is once in, nothing can hurt her. The 

 harbours on the east side have been described 

 already ; and on the west side of Ulietea, which is 

 the largest of the two, there are three. The northern- 

 most, in which we lay, is called Ohamaneno : the 

 channel leading into it is about a quarter of a mile 

 wide, and lies between two low sandy islands, which 

 are the northernmost on this side ; between, or just 

 within the two islands, there is good anchorage in 

 twenty-eight fathom, soft ground. This harbour, 

 though small, is preferable to the others, because 

 it is situated in the most fertile part of the island, 

 and where fresh water is easily to be got. The other 

 two harbours lie to the southward of this, and not far 

 from the south end of the island : in both of them 

 there is good anchorage, with ten, twelve, and 

 fourteen fathom. They are easily known by three 

 small woody islands at their entrance. The southern- 

 most of these two harbours lies within, and to the 

 southward of the southernmost of these islands, and 



