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'778- I had never met with a behaviour fo free from referve and 



December. . r • 1 ■ 1 - ■ 



N_. -. — , fufpicion, in my mtercourle with any tribes ot lavages, as 

 ■we experienced in the people of this ifland. It was very 

 common for them to fend up into the fliip the feveral arti- 

 cles they brought off for barter ; afterward, they would 

 come in themfelves, and make their bargains on the quar- 

 ter-deck.. The people of Otaheite, even after our repeated 

 viftts, do not care to put fo much confidence in us.. I infer 

 from this, that thofe of Owhyhee muft be more faithful ia 

 their dealings with one another, than the inhabitants of 

 Otaheite are. For if little faith were obfcrved amongft 

 themfelves, they would not be fo ready to trull ftrangers. It 

 is alfo to be obferved, to their honour, that they had never 

 once attempted to cheat us4n exchanges, nor to commit a 

 theft. They underfland trading as well as moll people v 

 and feemed to comprehend clearly the reafon of our plying 

 upon the coaft. For, though they brought off provifions in 

 great plenty, particularly pigs, yet they kept up their 

 price ; and, rather than difpofe of them for lets than 

 they thought they were worth, would take them afliore 

 again. 



Tueiaay2:. On thc 22d, at eight in the morning,, we tacked to the 

 Southward with a frefh breeze at Eaft by North. Ac noon,, 

 the latitude was 20° 28' 30" ; and the fnowy peak bore South- 

 Well half South. We had a good view of it the preceding 

 day, and the quantity of fnovsr feemed to have increafed, 

 and to extend lower down the hill. I Hood to the South 

 Eaft till midnight, then tacked to the North till four in the 



WeUncf 2 niorning, when we returned to the South Eaft tack ; and, as 

 the wind was at North Eaft by Eaft, we had hopes of wea- 

 thering the ifland. Wc fliould have fiiccecded, if the wind 

 4 bad 



