A VOYAGE TO 
i-77. that lies between the South end of Lefooga, and the North 
end of Hoolaiva, and there anchored in feventeen fathoms 
water; the bottom a coral-fand; the point of Lefooga bear¬ 
ing South Eaft by Eaft, a mile and a half diftant. The Dif- 
covery did not get to an anchor till funfet. She had touched 
upon one of the fhoals ; but backed off again, without re¬ 
ceiving any damage. 
As loon as we had anchored, I fent Mr. Bligh to found 
the bay where we were now ftationed; and myfelf, accom¬ 
panied by Mr. Gore, landed on the Southern part of Le¬ 
fooga, to examine the country, and to look for frefli water. 
Not that we now wanted a fupply of this article, having 
filled all the calks at our late ftation; but I had been told, 
that this part of the illand could afford us fome, preferable 
to any we had got at the former watering-place. This will 
not be the only time 1 fhall have occafion to remark, that 
thefe people do not know what good water is. We were 
conducted to two wells; but the water in both of them 
proved to be execrable; and the natives, our guides, aftured 
us that they had none better. 
Near the South end of the ifland, and on the Weft fide, 
we met with an artificial mount. From the fize of fome 
trees that were growfing upon it, and from other appear¬ 
ances, I guefled that it had been raifed in remote times. I 
judged it to be about forty feet high; and the diameter 
of its lummit meafured fifty feet. At the bottom of this 
mount, flood a ftone, wdiich muft have been hewn out of 
coral rock. It w r as four feet broad, two and a half thick, 
and fourteen high; and we wore told by the natives pre- 
fent, that not above half its length appeared above ground. 
They called it Tangata Arekee *; and faid, that it had been 
* Tangata , in their language, is man; Arekee , king. 
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