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^ ^jj^ ^' At one o'clock a fine breeze from the South ; fteering 

 < — ' — -» Eaft by South, along the North fide of Atoui. I was in 

 February, hopes that as we drew near the North fide of the iflands 

 Mon ay ig. ^^ {hould havc canocs off with hogs and vegetables. We 

 had pretty well drained the South fide. As to Oneehow, 

 I believe were the hogs all collefted together, they would 

 not amount to a dozen ; and I was afraid we fhould 

 fall very fhort of a fupply of yams, as my old friend 

 Abbenooe informed me, that fince the flock we before 

 carried from the ifiands, they have negle61ed culrr ating 

 the land. Indeed his information agreed with my own 

 obfervations while on fhore ; for I walked over a great 

 deal of ground lying entirely wafte. It appeared to me 

 that a number of the natives that formerly inhabited this 

 ifiand have quitted it to refide at Atoui ; probably the 

 iron which they procured from us formerly, enabled them 

 to purchafe pofTefiions in Atoui ; as Oneehow is but a 

 poor fpot, abounding in fcarce any thing but yams, po- 

 tatoes, fugar-cane, and the fweet root, with a very trifling 

 quantity of wood : whereas Atoui is amply provided with 

 many articles of provifions, particularly the taro, which 

 the natives prefer to yams or potatoes ; and I am fenfible 

 that none of them will live at Oneehow that can procure 

 a fufficiency to refide at Atoui. During our run along the 

 North and Weft parts of Atoui, we faw no appearance of 

 any harbour. Latitude 22° 14^ North. 



Wednef.28. From the 20th to this day the people varioufiy em- 

 ployed on board, repairing the rigging, &c. ftanding off 

 and on for a favourable wind to take us to Wymoa Bay; 

 where we anchored this day with the fmall bower in 



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