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were light, and of short duration. In the harbour of 

 Karakakooa, we had a constant land and sea breeze 

 ever j day and night. 



The currents seemed very uncertain, sometimes 

 setting to windward, and at other times to leeward, 

 without any regularity. They did not appear to be 

 governed by the winds, nor any other cause that I 

 can assign : they frequently set to windward against 

 a fresh breeze. 



The tides are very regular, flowing and ebbing six 

 hours each. The flood comes from the eastward; 

 and it is high water at the full and change of the 

 moon, forty-five minutes past three, apparent time. 

 Their greatest rise is two feet seven inches : and we 

 always observed the water to be four inches higher 

 when the moon was above the horizon than when it 

 was below. 



The quadrupeds in these, as in all the other islands 

 that have been discovered in the South Sea, are con- 

 fined to three sorts, dogs, hogs, and rats. The dogs 

 are of the same species with those of Otaheite, having 

 short crooked legs, long backs, and pricked ears. 1 

 did not observe any variety in them, except in their 

 skins; some having long and rough hair, and others 

 being quite smooth. They are about the size of a 

 common turnspit; exceedingly sluggish in their na- 

 ture ; though perhaps this may be more owing to the 

 manner in which they are treated, than to any natural 

 disposition in them. They are, in general, fed and 

 left to herd with the hogs; and I do not recollect 

 one instance in which a dog was made a companion, 

 in the manner We do in Europe. Indeed, the custom 

 of eating them is an insuperable bar to their admis- 

 sion into society; and, as there are neither beasts of 

 prey in the island, nor objects of chace, it is probable, 

 that the social qualities of the dog, its fidelity, attach- 

 ment, and sagacity, will remain unknown to the 

 natives. 



