25 6 A VOYAGE TO 
CHAP. VI. 
Defcription of Lefooga.—Its cultivated State.—Its 'Extent .— 
FranfaBions there.—A Fe?nale Oculijl.—Singular Expedients 
for paving off the Hair.—Fhe Ships change their Station .— 
A remarkable Mount and Stone.—Defcription ofHoolaiva .—■ 
Account of Poulaho, King of the Friendly Iffands. — RefpeB- 
ful Manner in which he is treated by his People.—Depar¬ 
ture from the Hapaee Iflands.—Some Account of Kotoo.— 
Return of the Ships to Annamooka.—Poulaho and Feenou 
meet.—Arrival at Fongataboo. 
<777. ^"^URIOSITY, on both fides, being now fufficiently 
i. — gratified, by the exhibition of the various entertain¬ 
ments I have defcribed, I began to have time to look about 
Wcdnef. zi. me. Accordingly, next day, I took a walk into the illand of 
Lefooga, of which I was defirous to obtain fome know¬ 
ledge. I found it to be, in feveral refpedts, fuperior to An¬ 
namooka. The plantations were both more numerous, and 
more extenfive. In many places, indeed, toward the fea, ef- 
pecially on the Eafi: fide, the country is ftill wafte; owing, 
perhaps, to the fandy foil; as it is much lower than Anna¬ 
mooka, and its furrounding ifles. But, toward the middle 
of the illand, the foil is better; and the marks of confider- 
able population, and of improved cultivation, were very 
confpicuous. For we met here with very large plantations, 
inclofed in fuch a manner, that the fences running parallel 
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