THE PACIFIC OCEAN. £13; 



Beins: refolved to pufli for the harbour, I ordered all the ,, '777- 



° ' November. 



boats to be hoifted out, and fent them a-head to tow, being > . — ^ 



affifted by a flight breeze from the Southward. This breeze 

 failed too foon, and being fuccecded by one from the Eaft, 

 which blew right out of the harbour, we were obliged to 

 come to an anchor, at its entrance, at two o'clock, and to 

 warp in, which employed us till night fct in. As foon as 

 we were within the harbour, the fhips were furrounded 

 with canoes filled with people, who brought hogs and fruit 

 to barter with us for our commodities; fo that, wherever we 

 went, we found plenty. 



Next morning, being the 4th, I moored the fhip, head Tuefday*. 

 and ftern, clofe to the North fliore, at the head of the har- 

 bour ; hauled up the cables on deck ; and opened one of 

 the ballaft-ports. From this a flight flage was made to the 

 land, being at the diftance of about twenty feet, with a view 

 to get clear of fome of the rats that continued to infeft us. 

 The Difcovery moored along-fide the South fliore for the 

 fame purpofe. While this work, was going forward, I re- 

 turned Oreo's vifit. The prefent I made him, on the occa- 

 lion, confifted of a linen gown, a fhirt, a red-feathered cap 

 from Tongataboo, and other things of lefs value. I then 

 brought him, and fome of his friends, on board to dinner. 



On the 6th, we fetup the obfervatorics, and got the necef- ThurfJay 6. 

 fary inftrumcnts on lliore. The two following days, wc 

 obferved the fun's azimuths, both on board and afliore, with 

 all the compafles, in order to find the variation ; and in the 

 night of the latter, obferved an occultation of g Capricorni., 

 by the moon's dark limb. AJr. Bayly and I agreed in fixing 

 the time of its happening, at fix minutes and fifty-four fe- 

 conds and a half, paft ten o'clock. j\h\ King made it half a 

 fecond fooner. Mr. Bayly obferved with the achromatic tele- 



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