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A VOYAGETO 



'777- fcope belone;inG: to the Board of Longitude ; Mr. KinG;, with 



November. i. o a tj <_> 



*— -V ' the refledor belonging alio to the Board ; and I made ufe of 



my own rcflctflor, of eighteen inches. There was alfo aa 

 immerfion of -n- Capricorni behind the moon's dark limb, 

 fome time before ; but it was obferved by Mr. Bayly alone. 

 I attempted to trace it, with a fmall achromatic ; but found 

 its magnifying power not fufficicnt. 



Nothing worthy of note happened, till the night betwcca 

 Wednef. 12. the i2th and 13th, when John Harrifon, a marine, who was 

 .Thuxfdayij. fej-jtincl at thc obfcrvatory, deferted ; carrying with him his 

 mufquet and accoutrements. Having in the morning got 

 intelligence which way he had moved off, a party was fent 

 after him ; but they returned in the evening, after an inef- 

 Jriday 14. fcc^ual enquiry and fearch. The next day, I applied to the 

 Chief to intcrcfl: himfelf in this matter. He promifcd to 

 fend a party of his men after him, and gave me hopes thar 

 he fliould be brought back the fame day. But this did not 

 happcii' ; and I had rcafon to fufpedl, that no flops had been 

 taken by him. We had, at this time, a great number of the- 

 natives about the fliips, and fome thefts were committed ; 

 the confequence of which being dreaded by them, very few 

 Saturday 15. vifiters Came near us the next morning. The Chief himfelf 

 joined in the alarm, and he and his whole family fled. 1 

 thought this a good opportunity to oblige them to deliver 

 up the deferter ; and having got intelligence that he was at 

 a place called Hamoa, on the other fide of the illand, I went 

 ■ thither with two armed boats, accompanied by one of the 

 natives ; and, in our way, we found the Ciiief, who alfo 

 embarked with me, I landed about a mile and a half from 

 the place, with a few people, and marched brifkly up to it, 

 left the fight of the boats Ihould give the alarm, and allow 

 tlic man time to efcape to the mountains. But this precau- 

 tion 



