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1 777- by mooring head and Hern, with their anchors or moorings 
J y ' , faft to the rocks. 
I have already defcribed the Hapaee illands ; and fhall 
only add to that defcription, by mentioning, that they ex¬ 
tend South Weft by South, and North Eaft by North, about 
nineteen miles. The North end lies in the latitude of 19 0 
39 South, and 33' of longitude to the Eaft of Annamooka. 
Between them, are a great many fmall illands, fand-banks, 
and breakers ; fo that the fafeft way to arrive at Hapaee, is 
either by the courfe I held, or round by the North; accord¬ 
ing to the fttuation of the Ihip bound thither. Lefooga, off 
which we anchored, is the moft fertile ifle of thofe that are 
called Hapaee; and, confequently, is the beft inhabited. 
There is anchorage along the North Weft fide of this ifland; 
but it will be neceffary to examine the ground well before 
you moor. For, although the lead may bring up fine fand, 
there are, neverthelefs, fome fharp coral rocks, that would 
foon deftroy the cables. 
They who want a more particular defcription of the 
Friendly Illands, muft have recourfe to the chart that we 
conftrucfted. There, every thing is delineated with as much 
accuracy as circumftances would permit. Recourfe muft, 
alfo, be had, to the fame chart, for the better tracing the 
feveral ftations of the lhips, and their route from the one 
illand to the other. To have fwelled my journal with a 
minute account of bearings, tackings, and the like, would 
neither have been entertaining nor inftrudtive. 
What has been here omitted, concerning the geography 
of thefe illands, will be found in the narrative of my 
laft voyage *. To that narrative I muft alfo refer i, for 
* Cook’s Voyage, Vol. i, p. 211. 213. f Ibid. p. 213. 225. 
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