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1777- pear as if they wore a kind of boots. They alfo refembled 



April. . . 



<— — V-— J the inhabitants of Mangeea in the length of their beards, 

 and, Uke them, wore a fort of fandals upon their feet. 

 Their behaviour was frank and cheerful, with a great deal 

 of good-nature. 



At three o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Gore returned with 

 the boat, and informed me, that he had examined all the 

 Weft fide of the ifland, without finding a place where a 

 boat could land, or the fhips could anchor, the fliore being 

 every where bounded by a ftecp coral rock, againft which 

 the fea broke in a dreadful furf. But as the natives feemed 

 very friendly, and to exprefs a degree of difappointmenn 

 when they faw that our people failed in their attempts to 

 land, Mr. Gore was of opinion, that by means of Omai, 

 who could bed explain our requeft, they might be pre- 

 vailed upon to bring off to the boats, beyond the furf, fuch 

 articles as we moft wanted ; in particular, th€ ftems of plan- 

 tain trees, which make good food for the cattle. Having 

 little or no wind, the delay of a day or two was not of any 

 moment ; and therefore 1 determined to try the experiment, 

 and got every thing ready againft the next morning. 



Thurfdayj, Soou aftcr day-brcak, we obferved fome canoes coming 

 off to the fliips, and one of them diredled its courfe to the 

 Refolution. hi it was a hog, with fome plantains and 

 Gocoa nuts, for which th€ people, who brought them, de- 

 manded a dog from us, and refufed every other thing tlia: 

 we offered in exchange. One of our gentlemen on board, 

 happened to have a dog and a bitch, which were great 

 nuifances in the fliip, and might have been difpofed of on 

 >. this occafion for a purpofe of real utility, by propagating a 

 race of fo ufeful an animal in this ifland. But their owner 

 had no fuch views, in making them the companions of his 



voyage^ 



