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A VOYAGE TO 
1779. 
January. 
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Thursday 14. 
Friday 15. 
Saturday »6. 
at South South Eaft, we fleered to the North North Weft, in 
for the land. Soon after, a few canoes came along-fide with 
fome hogs, but without any vegetables, which articles we 
moll wanted. We had now made fome progrefs ; for at 
noon the South point of the ifland bore South, 861° Eafl; 
the South Weft point North, 13 0 Weft; the nearefl fhore 
two leagues diflant; latitude, by obfervation, 18 0 5,6', and 
our longitude, by the time-keeper, 203° 40k We had got 
the length of the South Well point of the ifland in the even¬ 
ing ; but the wind now veering to the Weft ward and North¬ 
ward, during the night w r e loft all that we had gained. Next 
morning, being ftill off the South Weft point of the ifland, 
fome canoes came off; but they brought nothing that we 
were in want of. We had now neither fruit nor roots, and 
were under a neceffity of making ufe of fome of our fea- 
provifions. At length, fome canoes from the Northward 
brought us a fmall fupply of hogs and roots. 
We had variable light airs next to a calm, the following 
day, till five in the afternoon, when a fmall breeze at Eaft 
North Eaft fpringing up, we were at laft enabled to fleer 
along fhore to the Northward. The weather being fine,, 
we had plenty of company this day, and abundance of every 
thing. Many of our vifiters remained with us on board all 
night, and we towed their canoes afterm 
At day-break on the 16th, feeing the appearance of a bay,. 
I fent Mr.. Bligh, with a boat from each fhip, to examine it,, 
being at this time three leagues off. Canoes now began to 
arrive from all parts; fo that before ten o’clock, there were, 
not fewer than a thoufand about the two fhips, moft of 
them crowded with people, and well laden with hogs and 
other productions of the ifland. We had the moft fatisfy- 
ing proof of their friendly intentions; for we did not fee a. 
fingle 
