Island of Hawaii about four in the after" 
noon, the man at the mast head gave nO J 
tice that he saw a shoal of black fish on 
the lee bow ; which we soon found to 
be canoes on their way to meet us. It 
falling calm at this time prevented their 
getting along side until night fall, which 
they did, at a distance of more than 
three leagues from the land. We re¬ 
ceived from them a very welcome sup¬ 
ply of potatoes, sugar cane* yams, co- 
coanuts, bananas, fish, &c. for which 
we gave them in return, pieces of iron 
hoop, nails, and similar articles. We 
stood off and on during the next day, 
and after obtaining a sufficient supply 
of vegetables and fruit, we shaped our 
course for Oahu, at which place we ar¬ 
rived on the following ,day, and after ly¬ 
ing there twenty hours, sailed for the 
coast of Japan, in company with the 
whaling ships Palladium of Boston, and 
Pocahontas of Falmouth; from which 
ships we parted company when two 
days out.—After cruising in the Japan 
seas several months, and obtaining five 
