I 7'2 
A VOYAGE TO 
Difcovery. *— Return of the Mejfengers , from the Com¬ 
mander.—Extraordinary Mode of travelling.—Vifit from 
a Merchant , ^ German Servant belonging to the 
Commander . 
1779. /^"\N the 15th of March, at feven in the morning, we 
, M * rch ', weighed anchor, and palling to the North of Ta- 
Monday 15, hoora, flood on to the South Weft, in hopes of falling in 
with the ifland of Modoopapappa, which, we were told by 
the natives, lay in that direction, about five hours fail from 
Tahoora. At four in the afternoon, we w r ere overtaken by 
a ftout canoe, with ten men, who were going from Onee- 
heow to Tahoora, to kill tropic and man-of-war birds, with 
which that place was faid to abound. It has been men¬ 
tioned before, that the feathers of thefe birds are in great 
requeft, being much ufed in making their cloaks, and 
other ornamental parts of their drefs. 
At eight, having feen nothing of the ifland, we hauled 
the wind to the Northward, till midnight, and then tacked, 
and flood on a wind to the South Eaft, till day-light next 
Tuefday 16. morning, at which time Tahoora bore Eaft North Eaft, five 
or fix leagues diftant. We afterward fteered Weft South 
Weft, and made the Difcovery’s fignal to fpread four miles 
upon our ftarboard beam. At noon, our latitude was 21 0 27', 
and our longitude 198° 42'; and having flood on till five, in 
the fame direction, we made the Difcovery’s fignal to come 
under our ftern, and gave over all hopes of feeing Modoo¬ 
papappa. We conceived, that it might probably lie in a 
more Southerly direction from Tahoora, than that in which 
we had fteered; though, after all, it is poflible, that we 
might have pafled it in the night, as the iflanders defcribed 
it 
