'Jb VOYAGE IN S.EARCH 



very large mefhes, mofl: of which were in the 

 form of a pretty regular pentagon. 



Not far from this, we faw fome calcareous 

 rocks, which terminated a vaft fandy beach. 

 On its fkirts we found the remains of a tempo- 

 rary erection, which had been made by Euro- 

 peans m order to cut wood ; we there faw pins 

 that had ferved for pitching a tent, and large 

 blocks, on which feemcd to have been placed 

 inflruments for making agronomical obferva- 

 tions. 



The fieep hills with which the fandy beach 

 is bordered, exhibit, a little farther to the 

 northward, cavities which appeared to us to be 

 much frequented by the natives, as we judged 

 from the black colour with which they have 

 been tino;ed bv the fmoke, and the remains of 

 lobficrs, and other flielUfiih, which we there 

 found. 



Several infcriptions, engraved upon the 

 trunks of trees, informed us that Captain Bligh 

 h:\d anchored iii this hay in the month of Fe- 

 bruary 1792 : he Vv as to proceed to the Society 

 Idancls, in order to take in the bread-fruit tree, 

 and carry it to the Englidi Wcfl-India colonies, 

 fituatcd within the tropics. 



ijligh had witii him two botanifls, who, at a 

 fni.U di (lance from the Ihore, fowed crelFes, 

 .r>mc :'.Cw-n^, cclicry, &:c. Vv'c fzw three young 



lig-trecs, 



