NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA. i>97 



CHAP. XIV. 



Pajfagefrom theCoaJi to the Sandwich IJlaijds. — T'ranfa^ions 

 there. — Letters received from Captain Dixon and, Mr. 

 Rofs. — Some Partictdars received from Taa-hoo-a-raa~ 

 ne reffeSiing the Death of Captaijt Cook. — Defcrip- 

 tion of the White Tern. — Cruelty of the Chiefs to their 

 Inferiors. — Obfervations on a Trade to Botany Bay from 

 thefe Ifands. — Our final Departure from them.. — Pajfage 

 to China. — Arrival there. 



WEDNESDAY 29th Auguft 1787, to Sunday i6th chap. 

 September : nothing in the courfe of this time oc- . iJZL/ 



curred which claims particular notice; but being now in septJmbir. 

 longitude 136° 24.'', there is a fmall ifland faid to have Sunday 16. 

 been difcovered by fome Spanifh navigator, and laid down, 

 the North part of it, in latitude 26° 50' North, and lon- 

 gitude of the Weft part of it 1 3 5° o Weft ; and at two 

 judging myfelf about five leagues to the Northward of that 

 latitude, and in the longitude of 136'' 20' Weft, I thought 

 it not prudent to run nearer its latitude until daylight; 

 therefore at two in the morning tacked and ftood to the 

 Weft North Weft until half paft three, when I ftood again 

 to the Southward. At four, a moderate breeze and cloudy 

 weather, the wind at South Weft, ftanding to the South 

 South Eaft, and at daylight there was no appearance of 

 land. 



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