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A VOYAGE TO 
1777. land, as at Wateeoo, and a considerable furf breaking 
againft the rocks. Notwithstanding which, our boats no 
fooner reached the lee, or WeSt fide of the ifland, but they 
ventured in, and Mr. Gore and his party got fafe on Shore. 
I could, from the Ship, fee that they had fucceeded fo far ; 
and I immediately fent a Small boat to know what farther 
atfiftance was wanting. She did not return till three o’clock 
in the afternoon, having waited to take in a lading of what 
ufeful produce the ifland afforded. As foon as She was 
cleared, file was fent again for another cargo; the Jolly 
boat was alfo difpatched, and Mr. Gore was ordered to be 
on board, with all the boats, before night; which was com¬ 
plied with. 
The Supply obtained here, confifted of about a hun¬ 
dred cocoa nuts for each Ship; and befides this refresh¬ 
ment for ourfelves, we got for our cattle Some grafs, and a 
quantity of the leaves and branches of young cocoa trees, 
and of the wharra tree, as it is called at Otaheite, the pan - 
danus of the Eaft Indies. This latter being of a foft, 
Spungy, juicy nature, the cattle eat it very well, when 
cut into Small pieces; So that it might be Said, without 
any deviation from truth, that we fed them upon billet 
wood. 
This ifland lies in the latitude of 19 0 51' South, and the 
longitude of 20 1° 37' Eaft, about three or four leagues from 
Wateeoo, the inhabitants of which called it Otakootaia ; and 
Sometimes they Spoke of it under the appellation of JVenooa - 
ette , which Signifies little ifland. Mr. Anderfon, who was 
on Shore with our party, and walked round it, gueffed that 
it could not be much more than three miles in circuit. 
From him I alfo learned the following particulars. The 
beach, within the reef, is compofed of a white coral Sand; 
cl above 
