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'777- be efFe(5led. There was a reef here furroundinor the land, 



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as at Watecoo, and a confidcrable furf breaking againft the 

 rocks. Notwithftanding which, our boats nolboner reached 

 the lee, or Weft fide of the ifland, but they ventured in, and 

 Mr. Gore and his party got fafe on fhore. I could, from . 

 the fhip, fee that they had fucceeded fo far ; and I immedi- 

 ately fent a fmall boat to know what farther afliftance was 

 wanting. She did not return till three o'clock in the after- 

 noon, having waited to take in a lading of what ufeful 

 produce the iiland afforded. As loon as flae was cleared, 

 Ihe was fent again for another cargo ; the Jolly boat was 

 alfo difpatched, and Mr. Gore was ordered to be on 

 board, with all the boats, before night j which was com- 

 plied with. 



The fupply obtained here, confided of about a hundred 

 cocoa nuts for each fhip; and befides this refrefliment for 

 ourfelves, we got for our cattle fome grafs, and a quantity 

 of the leaves and branches of young cocoa trees, and of 

 the wharra tree, as it is called at Otaheite, the pandanus of 

 the Eaft Indies. This latter being of a foft, fpungy, juicy 

 nature, the cattle eat it very well, when cut into fmall 

 pieces ; fo that it might be faid, without any deviation from 

 truth, that we fed them upon billet wood. 



This ifland lies in the latitude of 19' 15' South, and the 

 longitude of 201° 37' Eaft, about three or four leagues from 

 Wareeoo, the inhabitants of which called it Otakootaia ; and 

 fometimes they fpoke of it under the appellation of Wenooa- 

 ette, Vk'hich fignifies little ifland. Mr. Anderfon, who was 

 on fhore with our party, and walked round it, guefTed that 

 it could not be much more than three miles in circuit. 

 From him I alio learned the following particulars. The 

 2 beach, 



