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>|777' ones ; rafps ; files ; and knives, are much fought after^ 

 Red cloth ; and linen, both white and coloured ; looking- 

 glaffes, and beads, are alfo in eftimation ; but, of the lat- 

 ter, thofe that are blue, are preferred to all others ; and 

 white ones are thought the leaft valuable. A firing of large 

 blue beads would, at any time, purchafe a hog. But it muft 

 be obferved, that fuch articles as are merely ornaments, 

 may be highly efleemed at one time, and not fo at another.. 

 When we firlt arrived at Annaraooka, the people there 

 would hardly take them in exchange even for fruit ; but 

 when Feenou came, this great man fet the fafliion, and 

 brought them into vogue, till they rofe in their value to 

 what I have juft mentioned. 



In return for the favourite commodities which I have 

 enumerated, all the refrefliments may be procured that the 

 iflands produce. Thefe are, hogs, fowls, fifli, yams, bread- 

 fruit, plantains, cocoa-nuts, fugar-cane, and, in general, 

 every fuch fupply as can be met with at Otaheite, or any of 

 the Society Illands. The yams of the Friendly iflands are 

 excellent, and, when gr-own to perfe6tion, keep very vjell at 

 fea. But their pork, bread fruit, and plantains, though far 

 from defpicable, are, neverthelefs, much inferior in quality 

 to the fame articles at Otaheite, and in its neighbourhood. 



Good water, which fliips, on long voyages, fland fo much 

 in need of, is fcarce at thefe iflands. It may be found, it is 

 tru-e, on them all ; but, flill, either in too inconfiderable 

 quantities, or in fituatious too inconvenient, to fervc the- 

 purpofes of navigators. However, as the iflands afford 

 plenty of proviiions, and particularly of cocoa-nuts, fliips 

 may make a tolerable fhift with fuch water as is to be got ;. 

 and if one is not over-nice, there will be no want. While 

 we lay at anchor, under Kotoo, on our return from Hapaee, 



fome. 



