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A VOYAGE TO 



1778- of iio° ?c'. I now fpread the fhips, and fleered to the Wefl. 



November. ^ . ^^ . * . . , ^, -j • 1 U 1 



v_ -M~ .J In the evening, we joined ; and at midnight brought to. 



Thurfday26. At day-break, next morning, land was feen extending from 

 South South Eaft to WeH:. We made fail, and flood for ir. 

 At eight, it extended from South Eaft half South, to Weft; 

 the neareft part two leagues diftant. It was fuppofed that 

 we faw the extent of the land to the Eaft, but not to tlie Weft. 

 We were now fatisfied, that the group of the Sandwich 

 iflands had been only imperfe(5lly difcovered j as thofe of 

 them which we had vifited in our progrefs Northward, all 

 lie to the leeward of our prefent flation. 



In the country was an elevated faddle hill, whofe fummit 

 appeared above the clouds. From this hill, the land fell 

 in a gentle flope, and terminated in a fteep rocky coafl, 

 againft which the fea broke in a dreadful furf. Finding that 

 we could not weather the ifland, I bore up, and ranged 

 along the coaft to the Weft ward. It was not long before we 

 faw people on feveral parts of the fhore, and fome houfes 

 and plantations. The country feemcd to be both well wood- 

 ed and watered ; and running ftrcams were feen falling into 

 the fea in various places. 



As it was of the laft importance to procure a fiipply of 

 provifions at thcfe iflands ; and experience having taught me 

 that I could have no chance to fucceed iti this, if a free 

 trade with the natives were to be allowed ; that is, if it were 

 left to every man's difcretion to trade for what lie pleafcd, 

 and in the manner he pleafed ; for this fubftantial reafon, I 

 now publiftied an order, prohibiting all pcrfons from trad- 

 ing, except fuch as fliould be appointed by me and Captain 

 Gierke ; and even thefe were enjoined to trade only for pro- 

 vifions and refrelliments. Women were alfo forbidden to be 



admitted 



