S8 AVOYAGETOTHE 



CHAP, ^jjjg ifland are not numerous, and they were kept in fuch 



A—- — » excellent order by Abbenooe, that our people walked 



June.' about wherever inclination led them, without the leaft mo- 



Sundayn. J^l^.^tion. 



Besides hogs and vegetables, we purchafed fome fait iifh 

 of various kinds, fuch as fnappers, rock-cod, and bonetta, 

 all well cured and very fine. The natives likewife brought 

 us water in calabafhes, fufficient for daily ufe, and to re- 

 place what had been expended lince we left Woahoo. Cu- 

 rjoiities too found their way to market, and I purchafed 

 two very curious fly flaps, the upper part compofed of beau- 

 tiful variegated feathers; the handles were human bone, 

 inlaid with tortoifefhell in the neatefl manner, \T^ch gave 

 them the appearance of fineered work. 



Monday 12, By tlic 1 2th wc had purchafcd near thirty hogs, weigh- 

 ing on an average flxty pounds each ; the principal part 

 of which were brought from Atoui: thefe were falted for 

 fea ftore, as we daily got a fupply of a fmaller fort for pre- 

 fent confumption. 



The method of curing pork in tropical climates was firfl: 

 brought to perfection by captain Cook ; yet his plan feems 

 not to be generally known ; on which account I fhall here 

 take notice of the mode I adopted, as I found it anfwer 

 my moft fanguine expediations. 



Three diflerent parties were employed in this buflnefs; 

 and the beft times tor killing we found to be about three 

 o'clock in the afternoon, and again in the cool of the even- 

 ing. An awning was fixed over thofe employed in killing 



and 



