THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



day. He brought with him two hogs, and a quantity of 1777. 

 fruit ; and, in the courfe of the day, feveral canoes, from » -^J' ^ 

 the different iflands round us, came to barter quantities of 

 the latter article, which was very acceptable, as our flock 

 was nearly expended. At noon, our latitude was 19° 49' 45" 

 South, and we had made feven miles of longitude from Anna- 

 mooka; Toofoa bore North, 88° Weft; Kao North, 71° Weftj 

 Footooha North, 89° Weft ; and Hafaiva South, 12^ Weft. 



After palling Footooha, we met with a reef of rocks -, and, 

 as there was but little wind, it coft us fome trouble to keep 

 clear of them. This reef lies between Footooha and Neeneeva, 

 •which is a fmall low ifle, in the diredion of Eaft North Eaft 

 from Footooha, at the diftance of feven or eight miles. 

 Footooha is a fmall ifland, of middling height, and bounded 

 all round by a fteep rock. It lies South 67° Eaft, diftant fix 

 leagues from Kao, and three leagues from Kotoo, in the 

 diredlion of North 33" Eaft. Being paft the reef of rocks 

 juft mentioned, we hauled up for Neeneeva, in hopes of 

 finding anchorage ; but were again difappointed, and 

 obliged to fpcnd the night, making fhort boards. For, 

 although we had land in every diretftion, the fea was un- 

 fathomable. 



In the courfe of this night, we could plainly fee flames 

 iffuing from the volcano upon Toofoa, though to no great 

 height. 



At day-break in the morning of the i6th, with a gentle Friday i6„ 

 breeze at South Eaft, we fteered North Eaft for Hapaee, 

 which was now in fight j and we could judge it to be low 

 land, from the trees only appearing above the water. About 

 nine o'clock, we could fee it plainly forming three iftands, 

 nearly of an equal fizej and foon after, a lourth to the 



Southward 



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