So A VOYAGE TO THE 



^ ^„^ ^- At eight o'clock the extremes of Atooi bore from 



s.^-^-— »; North Weflj to Weft half North, the neareft land about five 



June.' leagues diftant. The night was fpent in ftanding off and 



Tuefday6. ^^^ . ^^ j ^^jj-^gj ^q j-^j-^ ^^H jj^ .^j^|^ the SoUth fldc of 



Atooi on the morrow, in order to give the natives an op- 

 portunity of bringing us vegetables ; the ftock we pro- 

 cured at Woahoo beginning to run fhort. 



Wednef, 7. At fivc o'clock in the morning of the yth we bore away 

 and made fail with a fine breeze from the Eaflward, which 

 brought us by eight o'clock within two leagues of the 

 land. 



The land on the Eaft and South Eafl: part of Atooi, 

 rifes gradually from the fea-fide till it terminates in high 

 land, which feems fituated near the centre of the ifiand j 

 thefe hills are clothed to the fummits with lofty trees, 

 whofc verdure has a beautiful appearance ; the land next 

 the fhore affords a few bufhes, but feems quite unculti- 

 vated, and deftitute of inhabitants. " 



On the Eaftern fhore there are a few fmall fandy bays, 

 but they afford no fhelter for jfhips to ride in ; being 

 quite expofed to Eafterly winds, which blow diredly on 

 fhore, and generally prevail here. 



After pafling the South Eafl: point, we found the land 

 cultivated in general, and houfes were fcattered here and 

 there all along ihore to the "Weftward : by noon v/e had 

 feveral canoes about the fhip, from whom we procured a 

 few vegetables ; but the furf ran fo high on the beach, 

 8 that 



