CHAP. 

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thirty-feven fathoms water; black muddy fand ; the EaJfl 

 point of the bay bearing Eafl: three quarters South, and the 

 Weft point North Weft by South; the river's mouth North February. 

 half Weft, and the valley that runs up from the village of 

 Wymoa North Eaft half Eaft ; our diftance from the 

 fhore about two miles. Made an attempt for the Queen 

 Charlotte's anchor without fuccefs. No canoes coming to 

 us this evening, made me fend the whale-boat in fhore ta 

 purchafe fome taro. 



Light variable winds, v/ith pleafant weather ; the March. 

 people employed in procuring proviftons ; moft of the "' ^^ 

 canoes having left the bay with the greateft part of the 

 chiefs, and gone to Apoonoo. This day a man of fome 

 little confequence, named No-ho-mi-te-hi-tee, who had 

 been very often on board, and rendered us a good deal of 

 aiftftance in procuring proviftons, prefied me very much to 

 take him into the fliip with us. I'he man appeared fo very 

 earneft in his felicitations, that at laft I confented to his 

 going in the ftiip, and meant to have given him a trip to 

 the North Weft coaft ; and at our next touching at thefe 

 iftands, either to have left him there or brought him to 

 England. He informed me, that he had colledled a num- 

 ber of little articles, which he made a prefent of to his 

 father, a very old man, almoft worn out with age. But 

 Poo-a-re-a-re, one of the king's meftengers, who rules 

 with unbounded fway when the king and principal 

 chiefs are from the iftand, knowing the old man was pof- 

 fefled of a great many articles, went to him and demanded, 

 all his treafure, conftfting of a few to-es, beads, rings,, 

 and various little articles which his fon had given him. 

 The old man denied having any thing; for he had 

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