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Rh Previously to entering the harbour it would be right to have two anchors ready, to guard against the gusts of wind that some times rush down between the highlands with great violence.

Good anchorage may be found in most of the coves in eight fathoms.

Immediately upon coming to an anchor we were surrounded by a great number of canoes, each containing ten or a dozen natives.

In a country that has been described as being peopled by a race of cannibals, you are agreeably surprised by the appearance of the natives, who betray no symptom of savage ferocity, and by the patches of cultivated ground in the neighbourhood of the bay; on each of which is seen a well thatched hut, and a shed at a little distance.

These are the appearances observable from the ship; which, together with the abundant supply of fish and potatoes brought on board by the natives, tend Rh