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A VOYAGE TO 
1773. 
January. 
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them; being far lefs confpicuous than feveral others which 
we had feen, as we failed along the coaft, and particularly 
than that on the oppofite fide of the water, in this valley,, 
the white henananoo , or pyramid, of which, we were now 
almoft fure, derived its colour only from pieces of the con- 
fecrated cloth laid over it. In feveral parts, within the in- 
clofure of this burying-ground, were planted trees of the 
cordia febeflina ; fome of the morinda cltrifolia ; and feveral 
plants of the etee, or jeejee, of Tongataboo, with the leaves 
of which the hemanaa was thatched; and, as I obferved, 
that this plant was not made ufe of in thatching their 
dwelling-houfes, probably it is referved entirely for reli¬ 
gious purpofes. 
Our road to and from the moral , which I have defcribed, 
lay through the plantations. The greateft part of the 
ground was quite flat, with ditches full of water interfer¬ 
ing different parts, and roads that leemed artificially railed 
to fome height. The interfpaces were, in general, planted 
with taro, which grows here with great ftrength, as the fields 
are funk below the common level, fo as to contain the water 
neceffary to nourifh the roots. This water probably comes 
from the fame fource, which fupplies the large pool from 
which we filled our calks. On the drier fpaces were feveral 
fpots, where the cloth-mulberry was planted, in regular rows; 
alfo growing vigoroully, and kept very clean. The cocoa- 
trees were not in fo thriving a ftate, and were all low; but 
the plantain-trees made a better appearance ; though they 
were not large. In general, the trees round this village, 
and which were feen at many of thofe which we paffed be¬ 
fore we anchored, are the cordia JebeJlina ; but of a more di¬ 
minutive fize than the product of the Southern illes. The 
greateft part of the village Hands near the beach, and con- 
fids 
