A VOYAGE TO 
It was underftood from the natives that they called the 
iflaiid from which they came, Sinihoo ; for whenever an 
attempt was made to put that qiiefcion to them, they 
pointed to the land near Gape SatisfacSlion, and uttered that 
word. Of thefe men, Lieutenant Shortland remarks, that 
they were remarkably ftout and well built, from which 
appearance he very judicioufly drew a favourable conclu- 
fion with refped; to the goodnefs and plenty of their 
food. Their fuperiority over the New Hollanders in 
lize and Hrength, he fays, was very ftriking. Their 
canoes, which contained from fix to fourteen men, 
feemed to be well put together, the bows and ftems 
very lofty, carved with various figures, and flained with 
a kind of red paint ; in a word, they were to all ap- 
pearance formed exa6lly upon the fame model and con- 
fi:ru61:ion as thofe of Otaheite. The ornaments worn 
by the inhabitants of Simboo were large rings of a 
white bone, one or more of which every man had upon 
his wrifc, and a flrell with a feather, which Vv'as tied 
upon the head. Lieutenant Shortland was delirous to 
purchafe one of their lances, but could not obtain it. 
About tvv'o in the afternoon his vifitors, finding perhaps 
that they had followed the lliip as far as they could ven- 
ture to trufl themfelves, left him, and made immediately 
for the iliore. From what was feen in the polTeffion of 
thefe people, there can be no doubt that their land pro- 
duces cocoa-nuts, bread-fruit, bananas, and moil other 
vegetables 
