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'777- during: the day ; fo that the end could not be obferved. -The 



July. , 



difappointment was of little confeqiience, fince the longi- 

 tude was more than fufRciently determined, independently 

 of this eclipfe, by lunar obfervations, which will be men- 

 tioned hereafter. 



As foon as we knew the eclipfe to be over, we packed up 

 the inftruments, took down the obfervatories, and fent every 

 thing on board that had not been already removed. As none 

 of the natives had taken the leaft notice or care of the three 

 Iheep allotted to Mareewagee, I ordered them to be carried 

 back to the fliips. I was apprehenfive, that, if I had left 

 them here, they run great rifli of being deflroyed by dogs. 

 That animal did not exifl: upon this ifland, when I firft vi- 

 fired it in 1773; but I now found they had got a gCod ma- 

 ny, partly from the breed then left by myfelf, and partly 

 from fome, imported fmce that time, from an ifland not 

 very remote, called Feejee. The dogs, however, at prefent, 

 had not found their way into any of the Friendly Iflands, 

 except Tongataboo ; and none but the Chiefs there had, as 

 yet, got poiFeflion of any. 



Being now upon the eve of our departure from this illand, 

 I Ihall add fome particulars about it, and irs produiflions, 

 for which I am indebted to I\Ir. Anderfon. And, having fpent 

 as many weeks there, as I had done days * when I vifited it 

 in 1773; the better opportunities that now occurred, of gair- 

 ing more accurate information, and the fkill of that gentle- 

 man, in direc'^ing liis inquiries, will, in fome meafure, fup- 

 ply the imperfection of my former account of this ifland. 



*' Amfterdam, Tongataboo, or (as the natives alfo veiy 

 frequently called ic) Tonga, is about twenty leagues in 



* From the 4th to the 7th of O>flob;r. 



circuit, 



