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wood. Amongfl many others who came on board the Re- '777. 



June. 



folution, was Otago *, who had been fo ufeful to me when ' <' ' 



I vificed Tongataboo during my laft voyage ; and one Too- 

 bou, who, at that time, had attached himfell:' to Captain 

 Furneaux. Each of them brought a hog, and fome yams, 

 as a teftimony of his friendfhip ; and I was not wanting, on 

 my part, in making a fuitable return. 



At length, about two in the afternoon, we arrived at our 

 intended llation. It was a very fnug place, formed by the 

 ihore of Tongataboo on the. South Eaft, and two fmall 

 iflands on the Eail and North Eaft. Here we anchored in ten 

 fathoms water, over a bottom of oozy fand ; diftant from 

 the fhore one-third of a mile. 



* See a print of him in Captain Cook's Voyage, Vol. i. p. 197. 



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