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we were then situated : this land, he said, consisted 

 of two whennuas or islands, which may be circum- 

 navigated in a few days, and which he called Tovy 

 PoENAMMoo : the literal translation of this word is, 

 '* the water of green talc ;" and probably if we had 

 understood him better, we should have found that 

 Tovy Poena m moo was the name of some particular 

 place where they got the green talc or stone of which 

 they make their ornaments and tools, and not a ge- 

 neral name for the whole southern district : he said 

 there was also a third v/hennua, on the east side of 

 the streight, the circumnavigation of which would 

 take up many moons : this he called Eaheinomauwe; 

 and to the land on the borders of the streight he 

 gave the name of Tiera Witte. Having set up our 

 post, and procured this intelligence, we returned on 

 board the ship, and brought the old man with us, 

 who was attended by his canoe, in which, after dinner, 

 he returned home. 



On the 31st, having completed our wooding, and 

 filled all our water-casks, I sent out two parties, one 

 to cut and make brooms, and another to catch fish. 

 In the evening we had a strong gale from the N. W., 

 with such a heavy rain, that our little wild musicians 

 on shore suspended their song, which till now we had 

 constantly heard during the night, with a pleasure 

 which it was impossible to lose without regret. 



On the 1st, the gale increased to a storm, with 

 heavy gusts from the high land, one of which broke 

 the hawser that we had fastened to the shore, and 

 obliged us to let go another anchor. Towards mid- 

 night, the gale became more moderate, but the rain 

 continued with such violence, that the brook which 

 had supplied us with water overflowed its banks, and 

 carried away ten small casks which had been left 

 there full of water, and, notwithstanding we searched 

 the whole cove, we could never recover one of them. 



On the 3d, as 1 intended to sail the first oppor- 

 tunity, I went over to the hippah on the east side of 



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