THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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longitude 202 0 15'' Eaft; the extreme parts of the ifland in 1779. 
light, bearing South South Eaft, quarter Eaft, and South t Febroal y- 
Weft by South, three-quarters Weft. 
Between the North point and a diftant head-land, which 
we faw to the South Weft, the land bends inward confider- 
ably, and appeared likely to afford a good road. We there¬ 
fore directed our courfe along the fhore, at the diftance of 
about a mile, carrying regular foundings from twenty to 
thirteen fathoms. At a quarter paft two, the fight of a fine 
river, running through a deep valley, induced us to come 
to an anchor in thirteen fathoms water, with a fandy bot¬ 
tom ; the extreme points of the bay bearing South Weft by 
Weft half Weft, and North Eaft by Eaft three-quarters Eaft; 
and the mouth of the river South Eaft half Eaft, one mile 
diftant. In the afternoon, I attended the two Captains on 
fhore, where we found but few of the natives, and thofe 
moftly women; the men, they told us, were gone to Moro- 
toi to fight Tahyterree; but that their Chief Perreeoranee, 
who had ftayed behind, would certainly vifit us, as foon as 
he heard of our arrival. 
We were much difappointed to find the water had a 
brackilh tafte, for two hundred yards up the river, owing 
to the marfhy ground through which it empties itfelf into 
the fea. Beyond this, it was perfectly frefh, and formed a 
fine running ftream, along the fide of which I walked, till 
I came to the conflux of two fmall rivulets, that branched 
off to the right and left of a remarkably fteep and romantic 
mountain. The banks of this river, and indeed the whole 
we faw of the North Weft part of Woahoo, are well culti¬ 
vated, and full of villages; and the face of the country is 
uncommonly beautiful and picfturefque. 
As the watering at this place would have been attended 
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