VOYAGE 



T O T H E 



PACIFIC OCEAN, 



BOOK III. 



Tranfa(9:ions at Otaheite, and the Society 



Iflands j and Profecution of the Voyage 



to the Coaft of North America. 



C H A P. I. 



A7t EcHpfe of the Moon ohferved. — The IJland Toobouai difco- 

 vered. — Its Situation^ Extent^ and Ap pear a77ce. — Inter- 

 courfe with its Inhabitants. — Their Perfons, Drejfes^ a?id 

 Canoesj dcfcribed. — Arrival in Oheitepeha Bay at Ota- 

 heite. — Ojnats Reception^ and imprudent ConduEi. — Ac- 

 count of Spa7tifJ3 Ships twice viftting the Ifland. — Inter- 

 view with the Chief of this DiJiriB. — The Olla, or God, of 

 Bolabola. — A 7nad Prophet, — Arrival in Matavai Bay. 



•AVING, as before related*, taken our final leave 1777. 

 of the Friendly lilands, I now refume my narra- "^' 



tive of the voyage. In the evening of the 17th Thurfdayi?. 

 of July, at eight o'clock, the body of Eaoo bore North Eaft 

 by North, diftant three or four leagues. The wind was now 



* See the conclufion of Chap. IX. Book II. 



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