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a-broach, and there was as yet no certainty of our wa- 

 tering amongft thefe iflands : the refrefhments, how- 

 May', ever, that we already had procured, were of great fervice 

 Sunday 28. ^^ ^^^ £^j^ people, all of whom daily got better. 



During the night we ftood off and on, with variable 

 Monday 29. winds and hazy weather. In the morning of the 29th 

 the Southernmoft part of Owhyhee m iight bore South 

 South Eaft half Eaft, twelve leagues diftant ; the North- 

 ernmoft part North by Eaft, ten leagues ; and the body of 

 Mowee North North Weft half Weft, nine leagues diftant. 

 The natives of Owhyhee ftill followed the veftels with 

 hogs and vegetables, and we ftood to the North North 

 Weft under an eafy fail, that the canoes might be enabled 

 to keep up with us. 



At fix o'clock in the afternoon a frefh breeze fprung 

 up at North Eaft, which brought on a crofs fwell, and 

 obliged all the canoes to leave us and make for the fhore. 



During the night we had frefh gales and cloudy 

 weather, which occalioned us to fhorten fail and tack 

 Tuefday 30. occaftonally. Towards morning the weather moderated* 

 At eight o'clock Mowee bore from North half Eaft to 

 Eaft North Eaft, diftant four leagues, and the Weft end 

 of Ranai North North Weft, two leagues diftant. 



The unfettled ftate of the weather^ and the uncertainty 

 of our being able to water the fliips at thefe iflands, induced 

 me to put the fhip's company to an allowance of water, at 

 the rate, of two quarts a-man a-day. Towards noon a 

 few canoes came off from Ranai, but brought nothing of 



any 



