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A VOYAGE TO 
CHAP. VI. 
General Account of the Sandwich JJlands .— Their Number, 
Names , and Situation. — Owhyhee. — Its Extent , and Di- 
vijion into Difir ills.—Account of its Coafls , and the adjacent 
Country . — Volcanic Appearances. —Snowy Mountains. —■ 
Their Height determined.—Account of a journey into the 
interior Parts of the Country. — Mowee.—Tahoorowa.—■ 
Morotoi.—Ranai.—Woahoo.—Atooi.—Oneeheow. 
Or.eehoua. — Tahoora. — Climate .— Winds . — Currents . 
— Tides. — Animals and Vegetables . — AJlronomical Obfer- 
vations. 
S we are now about to take our final leave of the Sand- 
JLX. wicli Iilands, it will not be improper to introduce 
here fome general account of tbeir fituation and natural 
hiftory, and of the manners and cuftoms of the inhabi¬ 
tants. 
This fubje£t has indeed been, in fome meafure, pre¬ 
occupied by perfons far more capable of doing it jultice, 
than I can pretend to be. Had Captain Cook and Mr. An- 
derfon lived to avail themfelves of the advantages which 
we enjoyed by a return to thefe illands, it cannot be quef- 
tioned, that the Public would have derived much addi¬ 
tional information from the fkill and diligence of two fuch 
accurate obfervers. The reader will therefore lament with 
me our common misfortune, which hath deprived him 
of the labours of fuch fuperior abilities, and impofed on 
me the tafk of prefenting him with the belt fupplemen- 
tary account the various duties of my Ration permitted me 
to furnifh. * 
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