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'777- the lea. In this manner, it may be fuppofcd, that the na- 



December. ' ' ' 



V w — -J lives of Wateeoo have increafed their catalogue by tlie ad- 

 dition of Otaheite and its neighbouring ifles, from the people 

 we met with there, and alfo of the other iflands thefe had 

 heard of. We may thus account for that extenfive know- 

 ledge attributed, by the gentlemen of the Endeavour *, to 

 Tupia, in fuch matters. And, with all due deference to his 

 veracity, I prefume that it was, by tlie fame means of in- 

 formation, that he was able to direft the fliip to Oheterou, 

 without having ever been there himfelf, as he pretended ; 

 which, on many accounts, is very improbable." 



• Hawkefworth's Colleftion, Vol. ii. p. 278. 



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