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in order to make difcoverles, but are obliged to crofs large tracts of arts 

 the ocean before they arrive at another illand ; and what is more re- 



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markable, having no other provifions for thefe long navigations, 

 than their four pafte, and fome fruit, which cannot be kept above 

 a few days in an eatable flate ; nor have they any velTels large enough 



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to keep frefli water in for a long time i and yet with all thefe in- 

 conveniences, they have difcovered lands at more than 400 leagues- 

 diftance round their iflands*. 



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The Friendiy-ifles are a group ^NhQr:to^ Tonga-Tabbu, E-Aoowe, 



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and Namocka. are the largeil.; but we faw afterwards many fmall. 

 ones, and heard a flill greater number named.. The fmall illands 

 off the North Eaft point of Tof7ga-Tai^buy were called We weg hee.. 

 When we were failing to Namockay in 1774J we faw to the Eafl of 



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it fome iflands, whereof one was called O-Mango-noqe and the 

 Other 0-M/\NG o-EE TEE, i. &. gi- eat and little Mango -y they lay 

 both to the North of our track 3 to the South of it we obferved the 

 iiles of ToNoo-MEA and Terefetchea. South of A^^;;;cr/^^- 

 7z3i?^ was Namocka eetee, which laft, Tafman called Namocaki, 



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on his drawing. To the North Weft of Namocka, are two high 

 iiles, the Weflernmoft is called Tofooa, contains a Volcano, and 

 is defigned by Tafman, under the name Amattafoa,. which fpelling 

 Captain Cook has adopted in his chart ; the Eafternmoft of thefe 

 ides is called by the natives Ogh"Ao, but. by Tafman Kaybay.. 



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