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^ " J^ ^- the fliore, that the natives could have no intercourfe witTi 



V — -^ — ' us, and is very different to what we found it when we were 



janua''ry. herebefore; as then I fafely landed with our whale-boat, 



Tuefday 16 ^^j ^^ might havc remained on the beach without any 



danger of filling. At that time there v/as no Wefterly 



fwell, and the true trade- wind prevailed, which is by no 



means the cafe at this time. Towards noon the weather 



cleared up a little, when fome canoes came off with a 



few ya'iis, juft fufficient for a prefent fuppjy. 



Wednef. 17. On the lytli about ten o'clock I went on ffiore with 

 the whale-boat, accompanied by Abbenooe ; and as the 

 furf ran even too great for canoes, we were obliged to row 

 in under the reef, where we found a place that the boat 

 could lie at her anchor with fafety ; and we went into a ca- 

 noe to go on fhore, but were overfet by the furf before we 

 reached it, and were obliged to fwim for it. After land- 

 ing, we walked about feven miles to the Northward along 

 the hills, at fome little diftance from the beach ; but in 

 our walk I obferved the coaft all along to be very foul, 

 and no place equal to Yam Bay to ride in. The country 

 feemed very poorly cultivated, and Abbenooe told me, 

 that fince we took our ftock of yams in, the people have 

 in a great meafure negledled the ifland, barely planting 

 enough for their own ufe ; and that fome had entirely left 

 the ifland, and taken up their future refidence at Atoui. 

 Towards evening we returned on board. The Queen 

 Charlotte not in fight. 



Thurfdayis. On the 1 8th and 19th the carpenter employed in 

 caulking the fides, the people working up junk, and the 

 armourer at the forge. The furf on the beach appearing 



II not 



