OTAHEITE. 
count of it, as drawn up by Dr. Hawkefworth, we thall 
extract the following particulars. 
bread-fruit, and fome {m 
other trifles. On hes 
he ite to the eattora rd, whi ch fo Oba 
and fertile; and afterwards the hills ftretched a towards 
ou 
the water's edge, anda little farther r he fea, fo 
that they were obliged to climb over them ° Thefe hills 
which we arren, continued for e miles more 
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cS 
oO 
Qe 
Ww. river, muc 
fort of the navigators, which 
ful valley, and at fome diftance from the fea 
wide. Abouta n 
0 
was in- 
She feemed to be about 40 years of age, 
was tall, and of a large make; her fkia was white, and 
her eyes were animated by an uncommon degree of intelli- 
gence and fenfibility: fhe appeared to have been handfome 
when young, but few memorials io her beauty now remained. 
On the 26th of June, Cook and Mr. Banks fet out in 
the pinnace to make a circuit a the ifland, in or 
fketch out the coaft-and harbours. Taking their route to 
the eaten went on fhore in a diftri& called 
governed by a young chief called Ahio. 
They then eae to the harborr, in whic Se 
ville lay, called «* Ohidea This harbour lay on 
fide of a great oe under fhelter of a {mall and, called 
‘¢ Boourou,’’ near which is another, called ** Taawirrii’?’ In 
their farther progrefs, they reached a low neck of land, or 
ifthmus, at at the bottom of t 
coaft trends E. by S. and : 
and §. 11 miles to the ifthmus. In the firft dire@tion the 
fhore is in general open to the fea ; but in the laft it 1s covered 
by reefs of rocks, which form feveral good harbours with fafe 
anchorage, and other conveniences. The adjacent country 
was a marfhy flat about two miles over, acrofs which the 
natives haul their canoes to the correfponding bay on the 
other fide. They then prepared to continue their route for 
what their guide, “ Tituboalo,”’ called the other kingdom ; 
he faid that the name of it was ‘ Tiarrabou,”’ or * Ota- 
heite Ete,”? and 
reon “ Ota owing a fe 
miles, they landed in a diltr hi as the domi- 
ni a chief c “© Maraitata,’? the burying-place 
of . They then proceeded diftriét which 
This 
iftri 
confiits of a large and fertile er — by a river fo 
wide, that they wefe obliged to ferry over it in a canoe. 
In this place no houfe appeared to be inhabite, but the ruins 
of — that had been very large were perceived. Proceed- 
ing along the fhore, which forms a bay, ae “¢ Oaitipeha,” 
they found the Chief fitting near fome pretty canoe awnings, 
under which it was fuppofed he and hie attendants flept. 
Hence they paffed through a country that appeared to be 
more cultivated than any that had been feen in any other part 
of the ifland. e houfes were neither large nor numerous, 
but the canoes, which were innumerable, were fuperior, 
both in fize and ftru@ture, to any that had been feen before. 
At almoft every point there wasa fepulchral oe and 
there were many of them alfo inlan though this 
part of the ners was fertile and cultivate, no bread- 
fruit was the trees were bare, the inha- 
bitants (emed” to fubfitt upon nuts, eoeblng es 
and which they called ‘ Ahee As th 
they came abreaft of a sn iland called « Otoo arette :” 
they next Boia round the S.E. point, part of which 
is not covered by any reef, bie lies open to the fea; and 
here the fve ell rifes direGtly from the fhore. At the 
man $ 
not one of them ‘chat lenis a he tooth. 2 as peat) 
ere int ne 
ce “ning i circumftance, the. pay cou uld ebeiia no soften: 
Quitting this fituation, they were piloted over the fhoals by 
the chief «* Mathiabo,’’ who wifhed to accompany them; and 
the bay on t e de of the ifland, which an- 
{wered to that onthe S. E., fo as at the ifthmus, or carrying 
place, almoft to interfe&{ the ifland, and when they had 
coalted about two- rs of it, they determined to go on 
fhore for the night. re they were hofpitably received in 
the houfe of the chief of ae diftri@, whofe name was “ Wi- 
diltance of about we miles rom the ifthmus, having 
alarge and c ous harbour, inferior to none in the 
ifland, Foe which ie land is very rich in produce. With- 
out much communication with this aelions they were every 
where received by the inhabitants in a very friendly manner : 
the whole diftri& was fertile and populous, and apparently 
in a more flourifhing ftate than ‘* Opourenou,”’ though not 
above one-fourth part as large. The next diftrict in which 
they landed was the lalt in “ Tiarrabou,”’ and governed by 
a chief, whofe name was “*Qmoe.’’ Leaving Omoe, they 
proceeded on their return, and foon reached Oppureonu, the 
N.W. peninfula. Here they faw a repofitory for the dead, 
uncommonly decorated; the pavement was very neat, and upon 
it was raifed a pyramid, abou: five feet high, entirely covered 
with the fruits ot two plants, peculiar to this country. 
Near the pyramid was a {mall image of ftone, of very rude 
workmanfhip, and the firft inftance of carving in {tone that,had 
been feen among thefe people. It ee covered by a fhed, and 
feemed to be highly valued. They 
only harbour on the S. fide of 
is fituated about five miles 
fell at this time no inhabitant but her father, oe 
received iets kindly. ere they furveyed the “+ Morai’’ of 
Oamo and Oberea, which is an enormous pile, and the princi- 
pa ice ef Indian archite@ture in the ifland. (See Monat.) 
Having paffed the night, in perfect fecurity and quiet, gas | 
