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the prefenceof our fliip. Their verfes feem to be regularly divided 

 into feet, and they obferve the quantity and exprefs it in fingino-. 

 As to the beauties of their poetical ilyle, we were not able to judge 

 of them i becaufe we were not fufficiently acquainted with their 

 language; thus much however we obferved that many words 



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occurred in their poems which were not ufed in common converfa- 



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tion. The 



on board 



fhip, feeing 



the 



ght the 



moon fhine, frequently fung the following couplet or ^eJ^ai, 



Te 



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jwa 



a no I te Mallama 



Te oo|wa te heejnaro. 



The cloud within the moon 



That cloud I love ! 



We will tranfcribe one couplet from Hawkefworth which th« 

 tives compofed when the Endeavour was at O-Taheitee. ■* 



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Epaha) tayo| Malama| taiye 



No Taba|ne to] notalwa 



whannol maiye 



Perhaps with friendly light, this moon we view, 



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Has guided Banks, while to his friends he flew. 

 From the purport of this couplet it appears, that it was made 

 when the moon was fhining -, and it may likewife be obferved, 



that 



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