OF LA PEROUSE. ^3 



turned, and kept again for fome time ahead of 

 us, wifliing to (licw us how we ought to ftcer. 



At length wc arrived in the road of Tonga- 

 taboo ; and after having made feveral tacks in 

 order to reach the anchorage, we let go the an- 

 chor two kilometers fouth-weft of Pangaimotoo, 

 in eleven fathoms water, with a bottom of very 

 fine gray fand ; the weft point of Tongataboo 

 bearing weft 3 north ; the weftern extremity 

 of Pangaimotoo, north 24 eaft ; and the ex- 

 tremity of the reefs on the fame fide, north 

 20 weft. 



We were immediatel)' fuiTounded by natives^ 

 who came on board our fhip in fuch numbers, 

 that the deck was foon covered with them. Se- 

 veral had come in double canoes, of the form of 

 that which is reprefented in Plate XXFIII, 



A native, followed by feveral others, who 

 appeared to hold him in much refpecl, an- 

 nounced himfelf as one of the chiefs of the 

 ifland. He defired to fee the commander of our 

 ftiip ; and he inftantly ordered a hog to be 

 brought, and gave it him as a prefent. This 

 iftander Teemed very grateful on receiving- a 

 hatchet from the hands of the Admiral. 



In lefs than an hour were procured, by means of 

 exchang-cs, a dozen hops, the fmalKiil of which 

 weighed at leail five n-ivriaerams. As the value 

 of each was given a middlc-fizcd hatchet. 



The 



