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THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 



but a little too late. I applied, therefore, to Feenori, who, ^-77- 

 if he was not king, was at lead veiled with the highell: v__^-,L_/ 

 authority here, to exert it, in order to have my things re- 

 flored. He referred me to Earoupa ; who put me off, from 

 time to time ; and, at laft, nothing was done. 



In the morning of the 23d, as we were going to unmoor, in F.-iday 2:. 

 order to leave the illand, Feenou, and his prime-minifler 

 Taipa, came along- fide in a failing canoe, and informed me, 

 that they were fetting out for Vavaoo, an iiland, which, they 

 faid, lies ahout two days fail to the Northward of Hapaee. 

 The objecfl of their voyage, they would have me believe, 

 was to get for me an additional fupply of hogs, and feme 

 red-feathered caps for Omai, to carry to Otaheitc, where 

 they are in high efteem. Feenou aflured me, that he fliould 

 be back in four or five days ; and defired me not to fail till 

 his return, when, he promifed, he would accompany me 

 to Tongataboo. I thought this a good opportimity to gee 

 fome knowledge of Vavaoo, and propofed to him to go 

 thither with the fliips. But he feemed not to approve of 

 the plan; and, by way of diverting me from it, told me, 

 that there v/as neither harbour, nor anchorage about it. 

 I, therefore, confented to wait, in my prefent ilation, for 

 his return ; and he immediately fet out. 



The next day, our attention was, for fome time, taken Saturday 24, 

 up v/ith a report, induflrioufly fpread about by fome of 

 the natives, that a fiiip^ like ours, had arrived at Anna- 

 mooka fince we left it ; and was now at anchor there. The 

 propagators of the report were pleafed to add, that Toobou, 

 the Chief of that ifland, was haftening thither to receive 

 thefe new-comers ; and as we knew that he had acflually 

 left us, we were the more ready to believe there might be 



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