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CHAP. iir. 



JVenooa-ette.^ or Otakootata, vifited. — Account of that 

 IJland, and of its Produce* — Herveys IfJand^ or Te- 

 rougge mou Attooa^ foimd to be inhabited. — Tranfac- 

 tions with the Natives. — Their Per/ons^ Dre/s, Lan- 

 guage^ Canoes. — Fruitlefs Attejnpt to la?id there. — Rea- 

 fons for bearing away for the Friendly Iflunds, — Pal- 

 ■merfions Ifland touched at. — Defcription of the two 

 Places where the Boats landed. — Refrefhments obtained 

 there. — Conje&ures on the Formation of fuch low Ifands, 

 — Arrival at the Frie7idly Iflands, 



LIGHT airs and calms having prevailed, by turns, all 1777. 

 the night of the 3d, the Eafterly fwell had carried the ._. ^ " "_ 

 lliips fome diftance from Wateeoo, before day-break. But Fridays. 

 as I had failed in my objecT; of procuring, at that place, 

 fome effecftual fupply, I faw no reafon for flaying there any 

 longer. I, therefore, quitted it, without regret, and fleered 

 for the neighbouring ifland, w^hich, as has been mentioned, 

 we dif covered three days before. 



With a gentle breeze at Eafl, we got up with it, before 

 ten o'clock in the morning, and I immediately difpatched 

 Mr. Gore, with two boats, to endeavour to land, and get 

 fome food for our cattle-. As there feemed to be no inhabit* 

 ants here to obflrucTt our taking away whatever we migl^t 

 think proper, I was confident of his being able to make 

 amends for our late difappointment, if the landing coulci 

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