THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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CHAP. V. 
Arrival at Eimeo.—Two Harbours there, and an Account of 
them.—Vifit from Maheine , Chief of the IJland.—His Per - 
fon defcribed.—A Goat ftolen , and fent back with the 
Thief—Another Goat flolen and fecreted—Meafures taken 
on the Occajion.—Expedition crofs the IJland.—Houfes and 
Canoes burnt.'—The Goat delivered up, and Peace reflored. 
—Some Account of the IJland, &c, 
A S I did not give up my defign of touching at Eimeo, 1777. 
at day-break, in the morning of the 30th, after leav- t Se P^ mber ; 
ing Otaheite, I hood for the North end of the ifland ; the Tuefday 30. 
harbour, which I wifhed to examine, being at that part of 
it. Omai, in his canoe, having arrived there long before 
us, had taken fome neceflary meafures to fhew us the place. 
However, we were not without pilots, having feveral men 
of Otaheite on board, and not a few women. Not caring to 
truft entirely to thefe guides, I fent two boats to examine 
the harbour ; and on their making the lignal for fafe an¬ 
chorage, we flood in with the fhips, and anchored clofe up 
to the head of the inlet, in ten fathoms water, over a bot¬ 
tom of foft mud, and moored with a hawfer faft to the 
fhore. 
This harbour, which is called Taloo, is fltuated upon the 
North fide of the ifland, in the diftricfl of Oboonohoo, or 
Poonohoo, 
