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<3ark, I came to an anchor, under the fliorc of Tongataboo, '777- 



in forty-live fathoms water; and about two cables length i ,— ^ 



from the reef, that runs along that lide of the ifland. The 

 Difcovery dropped anchor under our ftern ; but before the 

 anchor took hold, fhe drove off the bank, and did not re- 

 cover it till after midnight. 



We remained at this llation, till eleven o'clock, the next Friday n.. 

 day, when we weighed, and plyed to the Eaftward. But it 

 was ten at night, before we weathered the Baft end of the 

 illand, and were enabled to flretch away for Middleburg, or 

 Eooa (as it is called by the inhabitants), where we anchored, 

 at eight o'clock, the next morning, in forty fathoms water, Saturday 12, 

 over a bottom of fand, interfperfed with coral rocks ; the 

 extremes of the illand extending, from North, 40° Eaft, to 

 South, 22° Well; the high land of Eooa, South, 45° Eall^ 

 and Tongataboo, from North, 70° Weft, to North, 19° Weft; 

 diftant about half a mile from the Ihore ; being nearly the 

 fame place where I had my ftation in 1773, and then named 

 by me, Eng/t/h Road. 



We had no fooner anchored, than Taoofa the Chief, and 

 feveral other natives, vifited us on board, and Teemed to re- 

 joice much at our arrival. This Taoofa * had been my Tayot 

 when I was here, during my iaft voyage ; confequently, we 

 were not ftrangers to each other. In a little time, I went 

 afliore with him, in fearch of frefli water; the procuring 

 of which, was the chief objed: that brought me to Eooa. I 

 had been told, at Tongataboo, that there was here a ftream, 

 running from the hills into the fea ; but this was not the 

 cafe now. I was firft conducted to a brackifli fpring, be- 

 tween low and high water mark, amongft rocks, in the 



* In the account of Captain Cook's former voyage, he calls the only Chief he 

 ihen met with, at this place, Tioony. See Vol. i. p. 102. 



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