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A V O Y A G K T O THE 



CHAP. VIIL 



Vifited by "Tahaeterre.— -Pernicious EffeSis of Tava-root. — ; 

 I'ranfaEiions at TVoahoo. — Wood pur chafed. — An Eatooa 

 ereSied. — 'The Chiefs make Offeri7igs to their Gods. — 

 Meditate a7i Attack on the Ship. — Shew7i the EffeB of 

 Fire-arjns. — Two Indians e??ibark for Atoivi. — Take 

 leave of Taheeterre. — Of an old Prieft. — Departure 

 from JVoahoo. — Anchor in Wymoa Bay^ Atowi. — An 

 Excurfon on Shore, 



CHAP. A F E W canoes came along-lide foon after our arrival 



♦ , ' / •^^ in the bay, but they brought fcarcely any thing to 



November. ^^^1 j indccd there feem to be but ^qw inhabitants in this 

 Thurfdayjo. j^^y^ g^j^j thofe few arc of no great confequence. I gave 

 them to underftand that we wanted water, and directed 

 them to bring it to us, as they formerly had done : they 

 would wilUngly have complied with my requeft, on ac- 

 count of the nails and beads v/hich they were to have in 

 exchange ; but affured me that not only water, but every 

 thing the ifland oroduced, was tabooed by the king's 

 order. 



Finding things in this Htuation, I gave to a man, who 

 appeared of the moft confequence amongft our prefent 

 viiiters, a prefent for the king and another for my old 

 acquaintance the prieft, requefting him at the fame time 

 to inform his majefty that we wanted water and fuch 



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