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CHAP. IV. 



hitercourfe with the Natives of Komango, and other IJJands, 

 — Arrival at Annamooka. — TranfaSiions there. — Fee- 

 noUy a principal Chiefs from "Tongataboo^ co??tes on a Vift, 

 — The Manner of his Reception in the IJland^ and on 

 hoard. — Inflames of the pilfering Difpoftion of the Na- 

 tives. — So?fie Account of Annamooka. — 'The Paffage from 

 it to Hapaee, 



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OON after we had anchored, two canoes, the one with 1777. 



four, and the other with three men, paddled toward t ^"_' j 

 us, and came along-fide without the lead heiitation. They ^°"'^*y *^- 

 brought fome cocoa-nuts, bread-fruit, plantains, and fugar- 

 cane, which they bartered with us for nails. One of the 

 men came on board ; and when thefe canoes had left us, 

 another vifited us ; but did not ftay long, as night was ap- 

 proaching. Komango, the ifland neareft to us, was, at leaft, 

 five miles off; which fliews the hazard thefe people would 

 run, in order to poflefs a few of our moft trifling articles. 

 Befides this fupply from the fliore, we caught, this even- 

 ing, with hooks and lines, a confiderable quantity of fifh. 



Next morning, at four o'clock, I fent Lieutenant King, Tuefday 29. 

 with two boats, to Komango, to procure refrefhments ; and, 

 at five, made the fignal to weigh, in order to ply up to An- 

 namooka, the wind being unfavourable at North Weft. 



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