A VOYAGE TO 
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CHAP. VII. 
^the Pajfage from Van Diemen's Land to New Zealand.— 
Employments in <fueen Charlotte's Sound.—Lranfactions 
with the Natives there.—Intelligence about the Mafacre 
of the Adventure's Boat's Crew.—Account of the Chief who 
headed the Party on that Occafion.—Of the two young 
Men who ejnbark to attend Omai.—Various Remarks 
on the Inhabitants.—.Agronomical and Nautical Obfer- 
vations. 
A T eight o’clock in the morning of the 30th of January, 
a light breeze fpringing up at Weft, we weighed an¬ 
chor, and put to fea from Adventure Bay. Soon after, the 
wind veered to the Southward, and increafed to a perfetf: 
ftorm. Its fury abated in the evening, when it veered to 
the Eaft and North Eaft. 
This gale was indicated by the barometer, for the wind 
no fooner began to blow, than the mercury in the tube 
began to fall. Another remarkable thing attended the 
coming on of this wind, which was very faint at firft. It 
brought with it a degree of heat that was almoft intolerable. 
The mercury in the thermometer rofe, as it were inftanta- 
neoully, from about 70° to near 90°. This heat was of fo 
fhort a continuance, that it feemed to be wafted away be¬ 
fore the breeze that brought it; fo that fome on board did 
not perceive it. 
We 
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Thurfday 30. 
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