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nlng along-iliore a number of canoes, both large and fmall, ^ ^^^ ^• 



came off to us, but brought hardly any articles of provi- " — •* 



iion. I learnt from them, that the king and moft of the oaober. 

 principal men of the ifland were at Oneehow, and that, ^ "^ • 3- 

 previous to their fetting off for that ifland, they had ta- 

 booed the hogs, which efted:ually put a flop to our getting 

 any. I alfo learnt from thefe people, that the Nootka 

 and Qrieen Charlotte had been at the ifland. The Nootka, 

 they gave me to underfl:and, did not anchor, but proceeded 

 to Oneehow, where flie lay fome time. The Queen 

 Charlotte, they told me, anchored in Wymoa Bay, and 

 remained two days, when fhe left the ifland and flood to 

 the Southward. I found from their information, that 

 captain Dixon had left a letter for me with Abbenooe, 

 and that it lay at his houfe at Wymao; I therefore 

 ftretched in for the bay, and when about a mile and a 

 half from the fhore, brought- to, with the main-top fail to 

 the mail. 



Between eight and nine a young man, named Tahiree, 

 a fon of Abbenooe's, came on board, and informed me 

 that the letter was tabooed in the houfe, and that I could 

 not get it until Abbenooe either came himfelf, or fent 

 directions for its being delivered. I thought the beft ftep 

 I could take was, immediately to pufh for Oneehow, and 

 anchor, where I might have an opportunity of procuring 

 fome yams, whilfl: a meffenger was going to Atoui for the 

 letter. I accordingly bore up about ten in the morning, 

 and made fail for Oneehow, with a fair breeze at Eafl 

 South Eaft, and fair weather. At noon a moderate breeze 

 with fair weather, Atoui extending from Eaft by North 

 to North North Eaft, Wymoa Bay North Eaft by Eaft 



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