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the women, both at his coming and going away, prostrated 

 themselves before him ; and that he was treated by all 

 the natives on board with the respect usually paid to those 

 of his rank. Indeed it must appear somewhat extraordin- 

 ary that a person who was at this time in a state of actual 

 hostility with the opposite party, and was even prepared 

 for another battle, should trust himself almost alone within 

 the power of his enemies. 



" On the 8th, at nine in the morning, we weighed and 

 sailed toward Oneeheow, and at three in the afternoon, 

 anchored in twenty fathoms water, nearly on the same spot 

 as in the year 1778. 



" On the 12th, the weather being moderate, the master 

 was sent to the north-west side of the island to look for 

 a more convenient place for anchoring. He returned in 

 the evening, having found a fine bay with good anchorage ; 

 also to the eastward were four small wells of good water, 

 the road to them level, and fit for rolling casks. 



" Being now about to leave the Sandwich Islands it may 

 be proper to make a few remarks. This group consists of 

 eleven islands. They are called by the natives 1. Owhy- 

 hee ; 2. Mowee ; 3. Ranai, or Ornai ; 4. Morotinnee, or 

 Morokinne ; 5. Kahowrowee, or Tahoorowa ; 6. Morotoi, or 

 Morokoi ; 7. Woahoo, or Oahoo ; 8. Atooi, Atowi, or Towi, 

 and sometimes Kowi ; 9. Neeheehow, or Oneeheow ; 10. 

 Oreehoua, or Reehoua ; and, 11. Tahoora and are all 

 inhabited excepting Morotinnee and Tahoora. Besides the 

 islands above enumerated, we were told by the Indians that 

 there is another called Modoopapapa, or Komodoopapapa, 

 which is low and sandy, and visited only for the purpose 

 of catching turtle and sea-fowl. 



" They were named by Captain Cook the Sandwich 

 Islands, in honour of the Earl of Sandwich, under whose 

 administration he had enriched geography with so many 

 splendid and important discoveries. 



" The inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands are un- 

 doubtedly of the same race with those of New Zealand, the 

 Society and Friendly Islands, Easter Island, and the 

 Marquesas. This fact, which, extraordinary as it is, might 

 be thought sufficiently proved by the striking similarity in 

 their manners and customs, and the general resemblance of 

 their persons, is established beyond all controversy by the 

 absolute identity of their language. 



" From what continent they originally emigrated, and by 

 what steps they have spread through so vast a space, those 

 who are curious in disquisitions of this nature may perhaps 

 not find it very difficult to conjecture. It has been already 

 observed, that they bear strong marks of affinity to some 



