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All these they exchanged with us for beads, nails, hatchets, 

 etc. They had also other articles of commerce ; but I 

 ordered that no curiosities should be purchased till the ships 

 should be supplied with provisions, and leave given for 

 that purpose. Knowing, also, from experience, that if 

 all our people might trade with the natives, according to 

 their own caprice, perpetual quarrels would ensue, I 

 ordered that particular persons should manage the traffic 

 both on board and on shore, prohibiting all others to 

 interfere. Before mid-day, Mr. King, who had been sent 

 to Komango, returned with seven hogs, some fowls, a 

 quantity of fruit and roots, and some grass for the cattle. 

 His party was very civilly treated at Komango. The 

 inhabitants did not seem to be numerous ; and their 

 huts, which stood close to each other, within a plantain 

 walk, were but indifferent. Not far from them was a 

 pretty large pond of fresh water, tolerably good ; but 

 there was no appearance of any stream. With Mr. King 

 came on board the chief of the island, named Tooboulan- 

 gee ; and another, whose name was Taipa. They brought 

 with them a hog as a present to me, promising more the 

 next day ; and they kept their word. 



" I now resumed the very same station which I had 

 occupied when I visited Annamooka three years before ; 

 and probably, almost in the same place where Tasman, 

 the first discoverer of this and some of the neighbouring 

 islands, anchored in 1643. 



" The following day I went ashore, accdmpanied by 

 Captain Clerke. Toobou, the chief of the island, con- 

 ducted me and Omai to his house. We found it situated 

 on a pleasant spot, in the centre of his plantation. While 

 we were on shore, we procured a few hogs and some 

 fruit by bartering ; and, before we got on board again, 

 the ships were crowded with the natives. Few of them 

 coming empty-handed, every necessary refreshment was 

 now in the greatest plenty. 



" I landed again in the afternoon with a party of marines ; 

 and, at the same time, the horses, and such of the cattle 

 as were in a weakly state, were sent on shore. Everything 

 being settled to my satisfaction, I returned to the ship at 

 sunset, leaving the command upon the island to Mr. 

 King. 



" Next day, May 3rd, our various operations on shore 

 began. In the evening, before the natives retired from 

 our post, Taipa harangued them for some time. We 

 could only guess at the subject ; and judged that he 

 was instructing them how to behave towards us, and 

 encourging them to bring the produce of the island to 



