THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
following morning. Soon after, I fent two armed boats 
from the Refolution, and one from the Difcovery, under 
the command of Lieutenant Gore, to look for anchoring- 
ground, and a landing-place. In the mean time, we plyed 
up under the illand with the drips. 
Juft as the boats were putting off, we obferved feveral 
dngle canoes coming from the drore. They went firft to 
the Difcovery, die being the neared: drip. It was not long 
after, when three of thefe canoes came along-dde of the 
Refolution, each conduced by one man. They are long 
and narrow, and fupported by outriggers. The ftern is 
elevated about three or four feet, fomething like a drip’s 
ftern-poft. The head is dat above, but prow-like below, 
and turns down at the extremity, like the end of a violin. 
Some knives, beads, and other trides were conveyed to 
our vidters; and they gave us a few cocoa-nuts, upon 
our afking for them. But they did not part with them 
by way of exchange for what they had received from 
us. For they feemed to have no idea of bartering; nor 
did they appear to eftimate any of our prefents at a high 
rate. 
With a little perfuadon, one of them made his canoe faft 
to the drip, and came on board; and the other two, en¬ 
couraged by his example, foon followed him. Their whole 
behaviour marked that they were quite at their eafe, and 
felt no fort of apprehendon of our detaining, or udng 
them ill. 
After their departure, another canoe arrived, conducted 
by a man who brought a bunch of plantains as a prefent 
to me; adving for me by name, having learnt it from 
Ornai, who was fent before us in the boat with Mr. Gore. 
In return for this civility, I gave him an axe, and a piece 
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