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148 . 'Til;!- Vc'hiii.ir', (lillcicni lotions, j)aiticularly Kahozcmotoo's {or[c, Ka-mn-han-na, who cont<^'df(i, that ahhoiigh the taboo prohibited their embarking in canoes beh)n<;ing to 0vhhee, it could not polhbly extenil to the boats of thole who totally difregardetl their la's and reilrictions. '1 his ingenious mode of real'oning ieeming to meet Xr(/!<^ry;?w/*ot»"i concurrence, we (oon embarked, leaving Mr. Men/ies, who had been of our jiariy, on (hore, in jnuluit of new vegetable produtiions. He returned in the evening, alief receiving much ho(|)itable civility from the natives, Kahozoinoloo went on (hore with his lady in one ol'our boats. On its relin n a mclllige was brouglu from Tianiia, defiring to be informed, who we were r* adding, that if we were his friends, he would make all polhblc italic to vifil. lis; but, as it would be Kite on account of his didance before lie fhould be able to arrive, in order that he might be admitted on board in the dark, he would carry in the bt)w of his canoe a large lire, as a hgnal by which he might be known. He accordingly arrived about four o'clock the Saturday iG. iicxt morning, juft as we were getting under liiil. In his canoe were half a dozen fme hogs, thcie he dciired might be taken on board, and faid, he had many others on tiie road, that would follow the (hip to the fouthward, Kaliowmotoo, attended by his favorite wife, agreeably to a preconcerted fignal with him of firing a gun on our departure, came on board to fulfil his engagement of condufling us to Tyea-ta-tooa. The wind proved very variable, not only in dircttion but force. The wea- ther fometimes was perfeclly calm, at others we had violent guffs from the hmd, lb that it was not until the evening that we were abreafl of the fouth point of this bay, forming the wcflern extremity of Owliyhee. The weather continued fqually, with thunder, lightning and rain. A httle before it was dark, a brig and a floop were fcen in the ofhng. i'Vom the natives v;e learned that ihcfe were the Chatham, and the Jackall trader, under the orders of Mr. Brown of the Butterworih. We im- mediately matlc towards them, and as they fccmcd to be under little fail, foon cNpe6led to join our confort. But, to our great aflonifhment, next S,ir.Jay 17. luoming, notwiilillanding the night had been mofUy calm, we found ourfelves at leaf I 9 or 10 leagues from the land, aiul had lofl ligjit of both vcffcls. A Ircdi breeze from the n. e. during the morning, carried us