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REMARKS 



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THE 



IDS. ral iiles; and, this very South Eaft wind brought us to Eaoowhe an^ 



Tonga- tabu. 



r 



The fame trade wind 



i 



with very little changes, carried us aftei^ 

 leaving Tonga-tabu, out of the tropica and even to about 32° South 



latitude 



In the year 1774, Vv^hen we returned from the South ta 

 the iiles^ we met the South Eail trade wind in about 29° South la- 

 titude on the 6 th of March 3 it continued conflant while we failed to 



Eafler-Ifland and after we left it. 



On March 2ift, at three o'clock 



all 



4 



P. M. in about 22° 4.5' South latitude, the wind took us 

 fudden a-head, and we had foon after a fmart fhower of rain, but 



a 



was no fooner over than 



trade w4nd 



rned, and blew frefh 



and continued fo, except in a fewinflances more, when we had fome 



About the Marquefas we had 



and feveral 



fhower s of rain. 



gufls of wind.. 



After we left the Marquefas, we flood S. S. W. then S. W. and 

 at lafl Wt S. and had the fame S. E. trade fetting us forward; now 

 and then changing our courfe, o-n account of five low ifles we fell m 



/ 



ith, till at lafl we came a fecond time to O-Taheitee, 

 In our fecond run from the Society to the Friendly liles, v/e had 



the fame South-Eaft trade wind 



and now and then a foul Weil 



wind, when we came near land, or while a hard fhower of rain was 



coming on, and fometimes we were becalmed. 



Having been a few 



days at A-Namocka, and pafled between Oghao and Tofooa, we found 



a S. 



