i<yy A VOYAGE TO 



March. 



CHAP. VI. 



General Account of the Sandwich IJlands. — Their Number ', 

 Names •, and Situation. — Owhyhee. — Its Extent ', and 

 Divijion into DiflriSls. — Account of its Coafls> and the 

 adjacent Country. — Volcanic Appearances. — Snowy 

 Mowitains. — Their Height determined, — Account of a 

 jfourney into the interior Parts of the Country. — Mo wee. 



TaHOOROWA. MOROTOI. R AN AI. WoAHOO.— 



Atooi. — Oneeheow. — Oreehoua. — Tahoora. — Cli- 

 mate. — Winds. — Currents. — Tides. — Animals a?id Ve- 

 getables . — Ajlronomical Obfervations. 



J. 7 79- A Swc are now about to take our final leave of the Sand- 



■L\. wich Illands, it will not be improper to introduce 

 here fome general account of their fituation and natural 

 hiftory, and of the manners and cultoms of the inhabitants. 



This fubjeet has indeed been, in fome meafure, pre- 

 occupied by perfons far more capable of doing it juftice, 

 than I can pretend to be. Had Caprain Cook and Mr. An- 

 derfon lived to avail themfelves of the advantages which 

 we enjoyed by a return to thefe iiiands, it cannot be quef- 

 tioned, that the Public would have derived much additional 

 information from the fkill and diligence of two fuch ac- 

 curate oblcrvers. The reader will therefore lament with me 

 our common misfortune, which hath deprived him of the la- 

 bours of (uch fuperior abilities, and impofed on me the tafk 

 ,of prefenting him with the befl. fupplementary account the 

 various duties of my ilation permitted me to furnifli. 



This 



