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»777- before the Eadern fandy cove, on the North fide of the 



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ifland, in which two or three fhips may lie very fecurely, 

 by mooring head and Hern, with their anchors or moorings 

 faft to the rocks. 



I have ah'eady defcribed the Hapaee iflands ; and fliall 

 only add to that defcription, by mentioning, that they ex- 

 tend South Weft by South, and North Eaft by North, about 

 nineteen miles. The North end lies in the latitude of 19° 

 39' South, and 33' of longitude to the Eaft of Annamooka. 

 Between them, are a great many fmall iflands, fand-banks, 

 and breakers ; fo that the fafeft way to arrive at Hapaee, is 

 either by the courfe I held, or round by the North ; accord- 

 ing to the fituation of the fliip bound thither. Lefooga, ofF 

 which we anchored, is the moft fertile ifle of thofe that are 

 called Hapaee ; and, confequently, is the beft inhabited. 

 There is anchorage along the North Weft fide of this ifland; 

 but it will be neceflary to examine the ground well before 

 you moor. For, although the lead may bring up fine fand, 

 there are, neverthelefs, fome fliarp coral rocks, that would 

 foon deftroy the cables. 



They who want a more particular defcription of the 

 Friendly Iflands, muft have recourfe to the chart that we 

 conftrucfted. There, every thing is delineated with as much 

 accuracy as circumftances would permit. Recourfe muft, 

 alfo, be had, to the fame chart, for the better tracing the fe- 

 veral ftations of the fhips, and their route from the one ifland 

 to the other. To have fwellcd my journal with a minute 

 account of bearings, tackings, and the like, would neither 

 have been entertaining nor inftrudive. 



What has been here omitted, concerning the geography 



of thcfe iflands, will be found in the narrative of my 



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