152 A VOYAGE TO THE 



c H^A P. j^g^j from me, almoft every perfon on board gave them 

 *— ^' — ' fome little token of friendlliip ; fo that their misfortune 

 November, tumed out to great advantage. 



The wind ftill kept to the Southward, with un fettled 

 Friday 24. wcathcr. At noon on the 24th the Eaft point of Mowee 

 South by Eaft half Eaft, and the Wefternmoft part in fight 

 South South Weft half Weft, diftant ten leagues. 



I ALREADY have obferved that it was our intention on 

 leaving Owhyhee to proceed immediately down for King 

 George's Bay, Woahoo, and there to have done the ne- 

 ceflary work of the fhips as quick as pofllble ; but on 

 getting to the Northward of Mowee, I found the wind 

 hang much to the Southward and Weftward, and the 

 weather very unfettled. The wind from thofe points 

 blows diredly into King George's Bay ; fo that I judged 

 it the fafeft method to keep the fea to windward of the 

 ifland imtil a true trade-wind fet in with fettled v/eathet, 

 and then pufh into the bay, which is exceedingly well 

 fheltered againft the winds from Weft by South, around by 

 the North, to about Eaft ; but quite expofed to the other 

 winds, which feem to prevail a good deal at this time of 

 the year. Accordingly we plied with variable winds till 

 Thurfdayao. the moming of the 30th, without any material occur- 

 rence ; at that time the wind feeming £xed to the North- 

 ward and Eaft ward, and the weather more fettled than it 

 had been for many days paft, we bore away for Woahoo ; 

 the South point of which at noon bore South Weft by 

 Weft, jfix leagues, and the North point Weft by North, 

 <liftant from the neareft of the iflands eight miles. At 



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