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1777. which was now in light; and we could judge it to he low 
1 Ma> ’ j land, from the trees only appearing above the water- 
About nine o’clock we could fee it plainly forming three 
illands, nearly of an equal fize; and foon after, a fourth 
to the Southward of thefe, as large as the others. Each 
teemed to be about lix or feven miles long, and of a fimilar 
height and appearance. The Northernmoft of them is 
called Haanno, the next Foa, the third Lefooga, and the 
Southernmoft Hoolaiva; but all four are included, by the 
natives, under the general name Hapaee. 
The wind fcanting upon us, we could not fetch the land; 
fo that we were forced to ply to windward. In doing this, 
we once pafled over fome coral rocks, on which we had 
only lix fathoms water; but the moment we were over 
them, found no ground with eighty fathoms of line. At this 
time, the ides of Hapaee bore, from North, 50° Eaft, to South, 
9 0 Weft. We got up with the Northernmoft of thefe ifles by 
funfet; and there found ourfelves in the very fame diftrefs, 
for want of anchorage, that we had experienced the two 
preceding evenings; fo that we had another night to fpend 
under fail, with land and breakers in every direction. To¬ 
ward the evening, Feenou, who had been on board all day, 
went forward to Hapaee, and took Omai in the canoe with 
him. Fie did not forget our difagreeable lituation; and 
kept up a good fire, all night, by way of a land-mark. 
Saturday 17. As foon as the day-light returned, being then clofe in 
with Foa, we faw it was joined to Flaanno, by a reef 
running even with the furface of the fea, from the one 
ifland to the other. I now difpatched a boat to look for an¬ 
chorage. A proper place was foon found; and we came to, 
abreaft of a reef, being that which joins Lefooga to Foa (in 
the fame manner that Foa is joined to Haanno), having 
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