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CHAP 

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A VOYAGE TO THE 



about four leagues ; the South point of Oneehow South 

 « — --~-» Weft by Weft, three quarters Weft, feven or eight leagues ; 

 oaober. and the ifland of Orehaw North Weft by Weft, eight 

 ^"^'^" leagues: latitude obferved, 21" 51' North. 



Tahiree, Abbenooe's fon, and one or two others, took 

 their paffage with us from Atoui to Oneehow; and from 

 them 1 learnt, that there had been fome diflurbance be- 

 tween the Nootka and them, and that Tyaana, a principal 

 chief of Atoui, had gone off with the Nootka. 



Thurrday4. A MODERATE brcczc from South Eaft, with fair weather, 

 fteeering to the South Weft half Weft, at the rate of three 

 knots an hour. At four, the Northernmoft part of Onee- 

 how in ftght North North Eaft, diftant about three leagues, 

 and the South head Weft by South, diftant about two 

 miles. At fix in the evening came to an anchor on the 

 South Weft ftde of Oneehow in ftxty-two fathoms water, a 

 fine white fandy bottom, and veered to a cable and a half, 

 the South head bearing over a point of land Eaft South 

 Eaft half Eaft, diftant about four or five miles, the Weft 

 point North 10° Eaft, diftant about tv^'o leagues; and the 

 Peaked Mountain bearing over the low land, North 40° 

 Eaft, our diftance from the fhore about two miles. It was 

 by no means necefiTary to anchor in fuch deep water as we 

 then lay in, as, by going about half a mile nearer the 

 fhore, you may anchor in forty fathoms, a tolerable good 

 bottom, and at a fufficient diftance from the ftiore; and I 

 would advife no perfon to anchor in lefs water about this 

 ifland, as, if they do, they ftand a hazardous chance of be- 

 ing in foul ground. No canoes came off. At midnight 

 light and variable winds, with clear pleafant weather. At 

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