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400 pounds!) dined on board with Captain Tucker; and 

 having taken leave of the ship towards evening, she got 

 under sail for the island of Mowee, to procure a fresh sup- 

 ply of wood and water. The weather continued clear and 

 pleasant, and at times sultry ; the thermometer vibrating 

 generally between SV and 83° of Fahrenheit. 



At 5 P. M. of the 10th, the Cherub was moored, head 

 and stern, in Ranheina Bay, at the island of Mozoee, and the 

 hands immediately commenced bringing on board wood^ 

 water, vegetables, and swine. On the morrow, lieut. 

 Gamble went on shore with the purser, but the weather 

 was so excessively warm, and the walking so unpleasant, on 

 account of the red dust with which the ground was covered, 

 that they retured again on board, after a short stay. The 

 next day, the ship was unmoored, and with a light breeze, 

 stood to theN. W. for the island of Waohoo. At half past 

 one she came to, off Whyaieeiee Bay, and waited for a canoe 

 to come alongside. Shortly after, William Davis, one of 

 the traders, approached, and kindly offered to pilot the 

 ship into the Bay ; but Captain Tucker, for obvious reasons^ 

 did not consider it prudent to avail himself of the offer, 

 choosing rather to remain where he was. Davis stated, 

 that Captain Winship had for some days past, been ex- 

 tremely ill with a calculus^ to which he had long been sub- 

 ject, and stood in great need of medical aid. Captain 

 Tucker, with great liberality, assured lieut. Gamble and 

 Captain Whittemore, that if Captain Winship would come 

 off to the ship, he should receive such assistance as it was 

 in his power to afford him, and requested them to forward 

 a note to Captain Winship to that effect ; adding that the 

 latter should be at liberty to return on shore, whenever he 

 thought proper. This proposition was very readily acceded 

 to, and the sufferer in a short time appeared on board, 

 scarcely able to stand. He received instructions from the 

 surgeon of the Cherub, in regard to the treatment of his 

 disorder, and then returned on shore with Davis, in good 

 spirits, although apparently enduring great pain. The 

 Cherub now made sail, and stood for the island of Olooi^ 

 being disguised with a false poop, and other stratagems, in 

 order to decoy the king, or Captain Winship, of the O'Cain, 

 on board ; Captain Tucker having learnt, that the latter 

 was, with his ship, at this island, by the last accounts re- 

 ceived from it. Accordinglyj on the 15th? at meridian, he 



