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with red pigment. Their hair is very curly and crisp, 

 and somewhat woolly. I saw a few women, and I 

 thought them ugly ; they wore a kind of petticoat 

 made of palm leaves, or some plant like it. But the 

 men, like those of Mallicollo, were in a manner 

 naked ; having only the belt about the waist, and the 

 piece of cloth, or leaf, used as a wrapper. * I saw 

 no canoes with these people, nor were any seen in 

 any part of this island. They live in houses covered 

 with thatch, and their plantations are laid out by line, 

 and fenced round. 



At two o'clock in the afternoon, we were clear of 

 the bay, bore up round the head, and steered S. S. E. 

 for the south end of the island, having a fine breeze 

 at N. W. On the S. W. side of the head is a pretty 

 deep bay, which seemed to run in behind the one on 

 the N. W. side. Its shores are low, and the adjacent 

 lands appeared very fertile. It is exposed to the S. E. 

 winds ; for which reason, until it be better known, the 

 N. W. bay is preferable, because it is sheltered from 

 the reigning winds ; and the winds to which it is 

 open, viz. from N. W. by N. to E. by N. seldom blow 

 strong. The promontory, or peninsula, which dis- 

 joins these two bays, I named Traitor's Head, from 

 the treacherous behaviour of its inhabitants. It is 

 the N. E. point of the island, situated in the latitude 

 18° 43' south, longitude 169° 28' east, and termi- 

 nates in a saddle hill which is of height sufficient to 

 be seen sixteen or eighteen leagues. As we advanced 

 to S. S. E., the new island we had before discovered 

 began to appear over the S. E. point of the one near 

 us, bearing S. £ E. distant, ten or twelve leagues. 

 After leaving this one, we steered for the East end 

 of the other, being directed by a great light we saw 

 upon it. 



At one o'clock the next morning, drawing near 

 the shore, we tacked, and spent the remainder of the 



* See the Note, p. 32. 



