NEW SOUTH WALES. 
It may, perhaps, be lamented, that Lieutenant Watts c 
(whofe acquaintance with the Chiefs, and knowledge j^T^ 
of their language, rendered him a proper perfon to 
make enquiries) fliould not have been able to give a 
^lore full account of matters, at an ifland that has fo 
much engaged the public notice ; but, when the lliort 
flay of the fliip, and her iituation are confidered, it will 
be natural to imagine, that the officers found their time 
very fully employed : fuch particulars, however, as have 
been above related may be depended on as fa^Sts. 
At noon on the 25 th, they faw the ifland, Huaheine, Friday 2 
bearing weft three-quarters north, fourteen leagues dif- 
tant : from this time they had very light winds, and 
thofe wefterly, which prevented their reaching the ifland 
before noon on the 26th; when the extremes of it bore Saturday 
from weft half north to fouth by weft half weft, off 
fhore three miles. They kept ftanding off and on, 
on the eaft ftde (the wind continuing in the weftern 
board) till the 29th, during which time the natives 
brought off plenty of refrefliments, but they were 
far more exorbitant in their demands than their neigh- 
bours. 
In the morning of the 2 9th, the wind veering to Tuefday 
the fouth fouth-eaft, they ftood round the north end of . 
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