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only about three hundred meters from the beach. 

 As it was neccHar/ to replace that which we 

 had expended llnce our departure from Adven- 

 ture Biy, we made in the ground, at a good 

 diftance from the fhore, a hole upwards of a 

 meter deep, where immediately collef^ed fome 

 very drinkable v.ater. Vvc filled with it our 

 brcakept;"^^ which the natives of theclafs of the 

 touas chofe to carry on their fnoul iers into our 

 launch ; but the part of their body on which 

 refted the iron hoops of the breakers, being 

 naked, it was not long before it v/as chafed, 

 and they foon gave up this kind of work: 

 hovvcver, they v.-:llingly confented to drag the 

 breakers on a little cart v/hich we had brought 

 from Europe. The touas, to the number of 

 twelve, fano; out to m.ark the moments when it 

 v/as 'leccfiliry fr^r them to unite all their efforts 

 at once. Their num.ber fnoiLly fuelled to 

 twenty ; and at firfl: tiiey did not demand an in- 

 creafe of the recompenfe agreed on for eich 

 trit), namely, tuelve glafs beads; but a few 

 days after t.^ey fct a higher price on their la- 

 bour. Th^y affured us that no warer was tf> be 

 found on TongUaboo_, exr;cpt in the pools, or 

 ty digging a hole in the grouad as at Pangii- 



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* A iktle c?.'^'^, c^MTta'nin'^ abn'it ten gallon?, and g(, ucrally 

 ufcd in j, ro^i;r:Tjg ^vutcr foi' hnall vcILls, I'. 



