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A VOYAGE TO 
1777. It was no fooner day-light, than we were vifited by fix or 
1 A ^ lL feven canoes from different iflands, bringing with them, 
befides fruits and roots, two pigs, feveral fowls, fome large 
wood-pigeons, fmall rails, and large violet-coloured coots. 
All thefe they exchanged with us for beads, nails, hatchets, 
&c. They had alfo other articles of commerce; fuch as 
pieces of their cloth, filh-hooks, fmall bafkets, mufical 
reeds, and fome clubs, fpears, and bows. But I ordered, 
that no curiolities lhould be purchafed, till the fhips fhould 
be fupplied with provilions, and leave given for that pur- 
pofe. Knowing, alfo, from experience, that, if all our 
people might trade with the natives, according to their 
own caprice, perpetual quarrels would enfue, I ordered 
that particular perfons fhould manage the traffic both on 
board and on fhore, prohibiting all others to interfere. 
Before mid-day, Mr. King’s boat returned with feven hogs, 
fome fowls, a quantity of fruit and roots for ourfelves, and 
fome grafs for the cattle. His party Was very civilly treated 
at Komango. The inhabitants did not feem to be nume¬ 
rous ; and their huts, which flood clofe to each other, 
within a plantain walk, were but indifferent. Not far from 
them, w T as a pretty large pond of freffi water, tolerably 
good; but there was not any appearance of a flream. 
With Mr. King, came on board the Chief of the ifland, 
named Tooboulangee; and another, whofe name was Taipa. 
They brought with them a hog, as a prefent to me, and 
promifed more the next day. 
As foon as the boats were aboard, I Hood for Anna- 
mooka; and the wind being fcant, I intended to go be¬ 
tween Annamooka-ette % and the breakers to the South 
Baft of it. But, on drawing near, we met with very irre- 
* That is, Little Annamooka, 
gular 
