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fome people, from Kao, informed us, that there was a ftream 1777. 
of water there, which, pouring down from the mountain, ^ u1 )' 
runs into the fea, on the South Weft fide of the ifland; 
that is, on the fide that faces Toofoa, another ill and re¬ 
markable for its height, as alfo for having a considerable 
volcano in it, which, as has been already mentioned, burnt 
violently all the time that we were in its neighbourhood. It 
may be worth while for future navigators, to attend to this 
intelligence about the ftream of water at Kao ; elpecially as 
we learned that there was anchorage on that part of the 
coaft. The black ftone, of which the natives of the Friendly 
Iflands make their hatchets, and other tools, we were in¬ 
formed, is the production of Toofoa. 
Under the denomination of Friendly Iflands, we muft in¬ 
clude, not only the group at Hapaee, which I viftted, but 
alfo all thofe iflands, that have been difcovered nearly 
under the fame meridian, to the North, as well as fome 
others that have never been feen, hitherto, by any Euro¬ 
pean navigators; but are under the dominion of Tongata- 
boo, which, though not the largeft, is the capital, and feat 
of government. 
According to the information that we received there, this 
Archipelago is very extenflve. Above one hundred and 
fifty iflands were reckoned up to us by the natives, who 
made ufe of bits of leaves to afcertain their number; and 
Mr. Anderfon, with his ufual diligence, even procured 
all their names. Fifteen of them are faid to be high, or 
hilly, fuch as Toofoa, andEooa; and thirty-five of them 
large. Of thefe, only three were feen this voyage; Hapaee 
(which is confidered by the natives as one ifland), Ton- 
gataboo, and Eooa: of the fize of the unexplored thirty- 
two, nothing more can be mentioned, but that they muft 
be 
