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boat on shore, was unable to procure more than six swine^ 

 a few bunches of banana, and about fifty cocoa-nuts. The 

 natives, however, promised to furnish him with a hundred 

 swine, provided he would come to an anchor in the Bay, 

 and aid them in a war against their enemies. To these 

 terms lieut. Gamble could not, for obvious reasons, assent ; 

 and he therefore stood on to a small Bay, a short distance 

 ahead ; at which he procured three swine, two pumpkinsy 

 and a bushel of sweet potatoes. He next came to an an- 

 chor at Resolution Bay, and permitted the natives to visit 

 the ship. The prospect for trade at first appeared unfa- 

 vourable, as the chiefs and men of property had all gone 

 across to the island of Dominica, for the purpose of warring 

 against the natives, v/ho had violated one of the taboo\ELW8 

 against fishing in a certain cove. Indeed, with a single ex- 

 ception, the natives of every place at which the Sir Andrew 

 Hammond touched, were all found to be at war with their 

 neighbours, and equally desirous of obtaining the co-opera- 

 tion of lieut. Gamble and his men. But though circum- 

 stances were very inauspicious to a peaceable trader, be- 

 fore leaving the Bay, lieut. Gamble purchased upwards of 

 thirty swine, six dozen fowls, some cloths of their own 

 manufacture, a quantity of bread-fruit, and many other ar- 

 ticles of value. The ship was now put before the wind, for 

 the island of Rooahoogah^ but as on nearing it the wind be- 

 came adverse, and quite fresh, it was deemed most prudent 

 to bear away for NoooJuevah, which, on the 16th, after an 

 absence of nine days, lieut. Gamble had the pleasure to 

 reach in safety, and to find all things in proper order. Du- 

 ring this period, the proceeds of his traffic amounted, in the 

 aggregate, to forty swine, six dozen fowls, a quantity of fine 

 bread-fruit, two busliels of sweet potatoes, and many other 

 articles of essential use. The natives of the neighbouring 

 islands appeared to have an intimate knowledge of what 

 was going on at NooaheevaJh as they all anxiously inquired 

 when the ships were to leave the Bay, and when Opotec 

 was expected to return. 



The first dish of lettuce was served up on the 19th ; and 

 the general appearance of the garden bid fair to produce a 

 profusion of melons and cucumbers, in the course of two or 

 three weeks. No event of importance occurred until the 

 28th, when, as lieut. Gamble was walking aft on the quar- 



