porter's journal. 



rate estimated by Captain Cook, would place J^ookuahe m^. 

 Kappenooa about twelve degrees to the west of Madison's 

 Island, and nearly in this spot Tupia has placed an island 

 which he calls 0-Heevapatto, Captain Marchand, and 

 Captain Ingraham of Boston, (before him,) both discovered 

 strong appearances of land to leeward of them, in the 

 W.S.W. quarter, in their route from the southern to the 

 northern part of Washington Group, and nearly in the 

 place ascribed by the natives to Pooheka, That land exists 

 in that quarter, there cannot be a doubt. For two successive 

 days the clouds were arrested in one point of the horizon, 

 and several of the seamen declared they plainly distinguish- 

 ed land. No known navigator has yet traversed that part 

 of the ocean, and except from the information of Tupia 

 and the natives of Nooaheevah, we are ignorant of this 

 portion of the world. Perhaps a group of equal importance 

 to that of which we now treat, may there exist, and I re- 

 gret that the object of my cruise would not admit of my 

 deviating so far, as to clear up a point so interesting to- 

 geography. 



On the 9th of December, I had all my provisions, wood, 

 and water on board, my decks filled with hogs, and a most 

 abundant supply of cocoa-nuts and bananas, with which 

 we had been furnished by the Hberality of our Nooaheevan 

 friends, who had reserved for us a stock of dried cocoa^ 

 nuts, suitable for taking to sea, and calculated for keeping 

 three or four months. 



I now found it necessary to restrain the liberty I had 

 heretofore given to my people, and directed that every 

 person should remain on board, and work late and early, to 

 hasten the departure of the ship. But three of my crew, 

 determined to have a parting kiss, swam on shore at night, 

 and were caught on the beach and brought to nje. I im- 

 rpediately caused them to be confined in irons, and deter- 

 mined to check any farther disobedience of my orders by 

 the most exemplary punishment. I next morning had 

 them punished at the gangway, and set them to work in 

 chains with my prisoners. This severity excited some 

 discontents and murmurings among the crew, but it effec- 

 tually prevented a recurrence of this offence. 



Nooaheevah had many charms for a sailor ; and had part 

 of my crew felt disposed to remain there, I knew they 



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