A 
VOYAGE 
TO THE 
PACIFIC OCEAN. 
BOOK III. 
TRANSACTIONS AT OTAHEITE, AND THE SOCIETY ISLANDS $ 
AND PROSECUTION OF THE VOYAGE TO THE 
COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. 
CHAP. I. 
An Eclipfe of the Moon obferved.—’The IJland T'oobouai difco - 
vered.—Its Situation , Extent , and Appearance. — Inter - 
courfe with its Inhabitants.—Their Perfons , Drejfes , and 
Canoes , defcribed.—Arrival in Oheitepeha Bay at Otaheite. 
• — Omai's Reception and imprudent Conduct.—Account of 
Spanifi Ships twice vifiting the IJland.—Interview with the 
Chief of this Diflricl.—The Olla , or God, of Bolabola.—A 
mad Prophet.—Arrival in Matavai Bay. 
H AVING, as before related *, takemour final leave 1777. 
of the Friendly Iflands, I now refume my narra- 
tive of the voyage. In the evening of the 17th Thurfday 17, 
of July, at eight o’clock, the body of Eaoo bore North Eaft 
* See the conclufion of Chap. IX. Book II. 
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