FRIENDLY ISLANDS. 
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on fhor ea aie fed of the: two chiefs, Maquilla and 
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the Britifh, and not the Portugue efe, flags being difplay ed on 
fhore can hele folemn tr: anfaGtions, In confequence of 
this compact, Mr. Meares felected a convenient fpot on 
which he erected a houfe and adjoining buildings, ‘and at his 
departure committed ae care of it to Maquilla till his 
return. uffin, on his return in July 1789, found the 
Cove occupied by ae “{ubj eéts of his Cathie majefty, an 
could perceive no veftiges “of Mr. Meares’s houfe. On the 
fpot where it had ftood were tents and houles belonging to 
fome people of the Columbia, commanded by -Mr. J. ca 
drick, under the flag and protection of the 
of America; his Catholic Seles ee fhips, Princeffa and 
arlos were at anchor: in Friendly Cove, together with A 
Coe d Wathington, American tr aden on the fecond 
day after their arrival they were captured by Don mieineuie, 3 
and the Americans were {uffered to carry on their 
ath the ales. without jeepers tion. Such is the fubllance 
of Mr. Duffin’s dec ed by oa In 
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in his com- 
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which his Majefty’s fubje€&ts had been forcibly difpoffeffed, 
and at which they themfelves, their veflels, and cargoes, had 
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did he fhould betray the truft with which he was honoured. 
He was afterwards confirmed i in 
wever it might terminate, 
and execution. N, lat. 49° 35’. E. long. 2 
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- FrienpLY. [/lands, a group of iflands, forming a kind of 
Archipelago of- very confiderable extent, and co -onfifting of 
more than 1soin nu umber 3 ees in the Southern Pacific 
ea between 19° 4o' and 23° 30' &. lat. and between 
184? 46! and 185° 45 E. igs "ene of thefe iflands were 
difcovered by Tafman in January 1642—3 3; and two of 
‘them in particular were called by him ras rere and 
Loe dleburg ; ee the aie: is called ea the natives Ton- 
bu, and t Th efe oye iflands 
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To this clufer . iflands Cook. gave ae na of 
the Friendly Iflands, or Archipelago, from the firm allan 
and friendfhip Selick fe ae to fabfitt among “hee inhabit. 
and from their courteous behaviour to itrangers, 
"The flay which ‘captain Cook made at the ie! Iflands 
on his fecond vifit was between tw hree months ; 
during which tume, forme gcc eatal Gece excepted, 
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pu opinion, that he thus. 
the utmof cordiality {ubfifted between the Englifh and the: 
natives, efe differences were never attended with any 
fatal confequences ; which 
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fuch quarrels as would be injurious either 
habitants or to his own peo W. our navigators con- 
tinued at thefe iflands, hae expended vey little or their fea 
rey a neral, th 
and carrying awa ray with. the 
als i cn ary e ufeful to them. 
refulted from this vilit; befides the immediate bene- 
h the natives andl the Englifh derived from 
their mutual intercourfe, fuch a pp acoeflion was-made to. 
the geographical. knowledge this part of the ne 
ocean, as cannot fail to be of ie to. future navigat 
Under the sana aeons of the Friendly Tflands ae be: 
included not only the group at Hapaee (which fee),. but all: 
thofe iflands that have ie ‘difeovered nearly under the fame . 
meridian. t 
oa are under the dominio 
ee information received by captain Cook, this: Archipelago. 
appears to be very extenfive; above 150 iflands were. 
reckoned up by the natives, sha made ufe.of bits of leaves: 
to afcertain their number ; nderfon, with uae 
ufual diligence,. procured all shee names. Fifteen of. ; 
are faid to be high or hilly,.. fuch as Toofoa and Eooa ;.a ae 
35 of them large. Concerning the fize of the 32 w ce 
were unexplo a we can only ftate, that t cis mult be 
larger than Annamoka, which was reckoned among the’ 
{maller ifles. ceeaey peer of thofe which belong to 
this latter denomination are. mere {pots without inhabitants. 
ene . thefe ifles have their proper places and names 
upon the chart of the Friendly Iflands, and the 
ene oF ve Soa of Tongata ee cae 1 are given - 
Cook’s Third Voyage, (vol. 1.) n Cook had. n 
the leaft doubt but ae Prince Willison’ $ viene bicwe 
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which captain C ng. ob 
foil in thefe iflands is fertile, and in fome of them highly: 
cultivated, which, ee the ere a of the agri-- 
cultural ai muit have ‘been. attended with great. 
abour. This.labour, — 8 is oe rew rarded by gieat. 
produce. No-one wants the co ceflaries of life ;. 
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m n every face are painted oy a contentment. ae eal 
and aie live in a clime, alee m aad ea of heat . 
and cold are equally unknown. if natur has been in any. 
ie deficient in its bounty, it is in the article of freth. 
water, which, rere fut up in te bowels. of fthe earth, mult 
ing. ing ftream was not feen, 
mite aa TAT suai no water 
was feen befides: that which the natives ‘had “in. veifels ; but 
this. was {weet and cool.. The government of ee iflands, 
fees 
