THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 225 
CHAP. IV. 
fntercourfe with the Natives of Komango , and other IJlands . 
—Arrival at Annamooka. — franfa&ions there. — Feenou , 
a principal Chief from Fongataboo , comes on a Vijit. — 7 he 
Manner of his Reception in the Ifland , and on board.— 
Infances of the pilfering Difpoftion of the Natives.—Some 
Account of Annamooka.—The Pajfage from it to Hapaee . 
S OON after we had anchored, two canoes, the one with , 777 . 
four, and the other with three men, paddled toward ApnL 
us, and came along-fide without the leaf! hefitation. They Monday 28. 
brought fome cocoa-nuts, bread-fruit, plantains, and fugar- 
cane, which they bartered with us for nails. One of the 
men came on board; and when thefe canoes had left us, 
another viftted us; hut did not ftay long, as night was ap¬ 
proaching. Komango, the ifland neareft to us, was, at lead:, 
five miles off; which thews the hazard thefe people would 
run, in order to poffefs a few of our moft trifling ar¬ 
ticles. Befides this fupply from the fhore, we caught, this 
evening, with hooks and lines, a confiderable quantity of 
fifh. 
Next morning, at four o’clock, I fent Lieutenant King, Tuefday 29. 
with two boats, to Komango, to procure refrefhments ; 
and, at five, made the fignal to weigh, in order to ply up 
to Annamooka, the wind being unfavourable at North 
Weft. 
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