32 $ 
A VOYAGE TO 
1777. the middle of the eclipfe ; after which it was feen no more 
during the day; fo that the end could not be obferved. 
The difappointment was of little confequence, fince the 
longitude was more than fufhciently determined, indepen¬ 
dently of this eclipfe, by lunar obfervations, which will be 
mentioned hereafter. 
As foon as we knew the eclipfe to be over, we packed up 
the inftruments, took down the obfervatories, and fent 
every thing on board that had not been already removed. 
As none of the natives had taken the lead: notice or care of 
the three fheep allotted to Mareewagee, I ordered them to 
be carried back to the drips. I was apprehenlive, that, if I 
had left them here, they run great rifk of being deftroyed 
by dogs. That animal did not exilf upon this illand, when 
I firll vilited it in 1773; but I now found they had got a 
good many, partly from the breed then left by myfelf, and 
partly from fome, imported fince that time, from an illand 
not very remote, called Feejee. The dogs, however, at 
prefent, had not found their way into any of the Friendly 
Illands, except Tongataboo ; and none but the Chiefs there 
had, as yet, got polfellion of any. 
Being now upon the eve of our departure from this 
illand, I fhall add fome particulars about it, and its pro¬ 
ductions, for which I am indebted to Mr. Anderfon. And, 
having fpent as many weeks there, as I had done days * 
when I vilited it in 1773, the better opportunities that now 
occurred, of gaining more accurate information, and the 
Ikill of that gentleman, in directing his enquiries, will, in 
fome meafure, fupply the imperfection of my former ac¬ 
count of this illand. 
u Amfterdam, Tongataboo, or (as the natives alfo very 
■* From the 4th to the 7th of O&ober. 
frequently 
