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readily promised to send liim as much iron as 

 I could spare, and hastened, favoured by a faint 

 land-wind, to commence my voyage to Woahoo. 

 Our companion, the young Kareimoku, conducted 

 himself with much propriety ; two Kanakas^ 

 whom he had with him to attend upon him, proved 

 that he belonged to a distinguished class of the 

 lerries. A very faint land-wind made our voyage 

 tedious : we were becalmed a whole day near the 

 island of Ranai. One must take care not to get 

 too near under the lee of tliis island, because the 

 monsoon is intercepted by its height. 



The 1st of October. At day-break we saw 

 Woahoo, and at five o'clock at noon anchored at 

 Hana-rara. A brig with the American flag, which 

 we had previously seen sailing from the north, 

 through the channel between Woahoo and Morarai, 

 came close up to us soon after we had anchored. 

 The ship really belonged, as I afterwards learnt, 

 to the nation whose flag it bore. Baranof had 

 hired it in Sitka, to carry a cargo of skins to 

 Okhotzk, and the captain was just then returned 

 after having finished his business. As soon as I 

 had cast anchor I went on shore, where the young 

 Kareimoku had previously gone in a canoe of the 

 natives. We found the harbour very animated ; 

 eight ships were lying at anchor, of which six 

 carried the North American, and one Tamaah- 

 maah's flag ; the eighth was lying on the strand, 

 and belonged to the Russian American Company. 



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