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bell ; not only on account of its great fecurity, but of its «777- 

 capacity, and of the goodnefs of its bottom. The rifk that 

 we ran, in entering it from the North, ought to be a fuffi- 

 cient caution, to every future Commander, not to attempt 

 that paffage again with a fliip of burden ; fince the other, by 

 which we left it, is fo much mere eafy and fafe. To fail 

 into it, by this Eaflern channel, fleer in for the North Eaft 

 point of the ifland, and keep along the North Ihore, with 

 the fmall ifles on your ftarboard, till you are the length of 

 the Eaft point of the entrance into the lagoon', then edge 

 over for the reef of the fmall ifles ; and, on following its 

 diredlion, it will conducTt you through between Makkahaaa 

 and Monooafai, or the fourth and fifth ifles, which you will 

 perceive to lie off the Weft point of the lagoon. Or you may 

 go between the third and fourth iflands, that is, between 

 Pangimodoo and Monooafai ; but this channel is much 

 narrower than the other. There runs a very flrong tide in 

 both. The flood, as I have obferved before, comes in from 

 the North Weft, and the ebb returns the fame way ; but I 

 fliall fpeak of the tides in another place. As loon as you 

 are through either of thefe channels, haul in for the fhore 

 of Tongataboo, and anchor between it and Pangimodoo, 

 before a creek leading into the lagoon; into which boats 

 can go at half flood. 



Although Tongataboo has the beft harbour, Annamooka 

 furniflies the beft water ; and yet, it cannot be called good. 

 However, by digging holes near the fide of the pond, we 

 can get what may be called tolerable. This iflanJ, too, is 

 tlie beft fituated for drawing refrefliments from all the 

 others, as being nearly in the centre of the wliole group. 

 Befides the road in which we anchored, and the harbour 

 within the South Weft point, there is a creek in the reef, 



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