CHAPTER XV. 



CONTENTS. 



STORE SHIP RELIEF— EDWIN BARTLETT, ESQ.-EDWARD MCALL, ESQ.— DEPARTURE- 

 CAPTAIN MKEEVER — PERUVIAN BRIG — SMALL-POX — GENERAL ORDER — PROPOSED 

 ROUTE— CURRENTS— EXPERIMENTS— TEMPERATURE — ALEXANDER OGLE — CLERMONT 

 DE TONNERRE— APPEARANCE OF IT— SURVEY — NATIVES — JOHN SAC — DIFFICULTIES 

 WITH THE NATIVES— LANDING— SERLE ISLAND— HONDEN— SURVEYS— CORAL ISLANDS 

 -VEGETATION— BIRDS, ETC.— DISAPPOINTMENT ISLANDS— INHABITANTS— WYTOOHEE 

 -OTOOHO-TAIARA— RARAK A — LANDING— ONE-HANDED CHIEF— HIS VISIT TO THE 

 SHIP— INHABITANTS— CATCHING FISH — LEAVE-TAKING— GALE— NARROW ESCAPE OF 

 PEACOCK — PORPOISE DESPATCHED — VINCENNES ISLAND — CRITICAL POSITION OF 

 TENDER— LANDING— AR A TIC A ISLAND— COMMUNICATION WITH ITS INHABITANTS- 

 LANDING — VILLAGE — DESCRIPTION OF ISLAND — FRESH WATER — FOOD — TENDER 

 DESPATCHED TO KING GEORGES GROUP — VINCENNES AND PEACOCK DISCOVER 

 MANHII AND AHI1 ISLANDS— SURVEY— LANDING— OBSERVATIONS — NATIVES-DESER- 

 TER-ECLIPSE— PEACOCK DESPATCHED TO RUR1CK ISLAND— VINCENNES PASSES TO 

 NAIRSA-INHABITANTS-KRUSENSTERNS ISLAND— METIA ISLAND— ITS APPEARANCE 

 -SURV E Y— LANDING— NATIVES— MISSION ARIES' KINDNESS — COSTUMES- ASCEND THE 

 I3LAND — VEGETATION — APPEARANCE OF THE ISLAND— DEPARTURE— ARRIVAL AT 

 TAHITI— ANCHOR IN MATAVAI BAY— OBSERVATIONS ON POINT VENUS— PROCEEDINGS 

 OF PORPOISE — PROCEEDINGS OF PEACOCK — ARUTU A— SURVEY— NAIRSA OR DEAN'S 

 ISLAND— CORAL BLOCKS— METIA ISLAND— OBSERVATIONS— TETUAROA— FLYING-FISH 

 — TIOKEA AND OURA— HISTORY OF PAUMOTU GROUP— CHARACTER OF ITS INHABI- 

 TANTS-POPU LATION. 



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