,38 AVOYAGETO 



'777- our luccellive vifits to this part of the Pacific Ocean. By the 



December. /- 1 . 



frequency of this intercourle, "we have had better opportuni- 

 ties of knowing fomething about it and its inhabitants, than 

 about the other fimilar, but lefs confiderablc, illands in its 

 vicinity. Of thefe, however, we have fcen enough to fa- 

 tisfy us, that all that we obferved and have related of Ota- 

 heite, may, with trifling variations, be applied to them. 



Too much feems to have been already known, and pub- 

 lifhed in our former relations, about fome of the modes of 

 life, that made Otaheite fo agreeable an abode to many on 

 board our fliips ; and if I could now add any finifliing 

 flrokcs to a pi(5turc, the outlines of which have been al- 

 ready drawn with fufficient accuracy, I fhould flill have hc- 

 lifated to make this journal the place for exhibiting a view 

 of licentious manners, which could only ferve to difguft 

 thofe for whofe information I write. There are, however, 

 many parts of the domeftic, political, and religious inftitu- 

 tions of thefe people, which, after all our vifits to them, are 

 but imperfcclily undcrflocd. The foregoing narrative of the 

 incidents that happened during our ftay, will, probably, be 

 thought to throw fome additional light; and, for farther fa- 

 tisfadtion, I refer to Mr. Anderfon's remarks. 



Amidft our various fabordinatc employments, while at 

 thefe illands, the great objecfts of our duty were always at- 

 tended to. No opportunity was loft of making aftronomical 

 and nautical obfervaiions ; from which the following tabic 



The 



