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blew very fresh from that quarter, and very liigli 

 waves agitated the ship. 



My companion, Mannja, had become sea-sick 

 during the night, and his servant, a young islander, 

 fourteen years of age, was unable to move. I had 

 taken Manuja to our table, as he always behaved 

 with great propriety, and seemed acquainted witli 

 the use of spoons, and knives and forks ; and he ate 

 what was given him with a good appetite, was fond 

 of drinking several glasses of wine, and upon the 

 whole behaved so, that it seemed he had often been 

 on board European ships. 



Early on the 27th of November, I took the 

 course to the west point of Wahititi Bay, which is 

 not to be mistaken, on account of the conical 

 mountain * there ; but the wdnd was so faint, that 

 we did not double it till near noon. Woahoo is 

 acknowledged, both by Europeans and by the na- 

 tives, to be the most fruitful of the whole group ; 

 it is called the garden of the Sandwich islands, and 

 it has a right to this name, on account of its extra- 

 ordinary high state of cultivation, united with the 

 greatest natural beauties. The rugged, pointed 



* The English call this mountain the Diamond Hill, an appel- 

 lation derived from the crystals found there, which were taken 

 for diamonds. An opinion still prevails, that this mountain 

 contains diamonds, for which reason the inhabitants are for- 

 bidden to visit it. Young gave me one of these crystals, and 

 was of opinion, that even if it were not a diamond it might still 

 be a precious stone. 



