THE PACIFIC OCEAN, 
On the 5th in the morning, we paffed the South point of 
the ifland, which lies in the latitude of i8° 54/; and beyond 
it we found the coaft to trend North, 6o° Weft. On this 
point hands a pretty large village, the inhabitants of which 
thronged off to the fhip with hogs and women. It was not 
poilible to keep the latter from coming on hoard; and no 
women, I ever met with, were lefs referved. Indeed, it ap¬ 
peared to me, that they viiited us with no other view, than 
to make a furrender of their perfons. As I had now got a 
quantity of fait, I purchafed no hogs hut fuch as were fit 
for halting; refufing all that were under fize. However, we 
could feldom get any above fifty or fixty pounds weight. 
It was happy for us, that we had ftill fome vegetables on 
board; for we now received few fuch produ6tions. In¬ 
deed, this part of the country, from its appearance, did 
not feem capable of affording them. Marks of its having 
been laid wafte by the explofion of a volcano , every where 
prefented themfelves ; and though we had, as yet, feen 
nothing like one upon the ifiand, the devaluation that it 
had made, in this neighbourhood, was vifible to the naked 
eye. 
This part of the coaft is fheltered from the reigning 
winds; but we could find no bottom to anchor upon; a 
line of an hundred and fixty fathoms not reaching it, with¬ 
in the diftance of half a mile from the Ihore. The illand- 
ers having all left us, toward the evening, we ran a few 
miles down the coaft; and then fpent the night handing off 
and on. 
The next morning, the natives vifited us again, bringing 
with them the fame articles of commerce as before. Being 
now near the Ihore, I fent Mr. Bligh, the Matter, in a boat, 
to found the coaft, with orders to land, and to look for frefh 
water. 
543 
1779 ' 
January. 
Tuefday 5. 
Wednef. 6 .- 
