which a log of wood is fastened, cut sharp at each end in the form of a boat, which serves to keep the canoe upright, and likewise holds her to windward. At the other end of the out-rigger a stout rope is fixed, which leads up to the mast-head, aud serves as a shroud; and when the wind blows fresh, two or more men, according to the size of the canoe, go out upon the ladder to keep her upright. They also put about much sooner than an English boat, each canoe has likewise a sail made apparently of raw silk neatly sewed together.

Standing Northward with a light breeze, on the 20th, they saw an island bearing East Northeast, eight miles distant; it appeared very low, and almost level with the water, so that when only four miles distant they could perceive nothing but trees. Approaching nearer, they found it to be a chain of islands, extending from South-east to North-west for more than thirty leagues. Being about three miles from the shore, several canoes, with sail set, followed the ship, but none of them would come nearer, and though Captain Marshall wanted refreshments, he would not hazard sending his men on shore.

Making sail again, at noon on the 22d, about eight miles distant, they then saw land in the direction of North by East, it appeared very low, flat, and full of trees. By four o'clock, they saw a number of canoes, and some of them approached the ship, but nothing would entice them to come along-side. The people were much the same as those at Henderville's Island,

and their canoes of a similar construction; one of them had a kind of vane at the mast-head, which appeared to be made of the same materials as their sail. In running In running along shore, they found it to consist of six different islands, extending from North by East to South by West, to the length of fourteen or fifteen leagues; to these they give the name of Allen's Island, Gillepsy's, Touching's, Clarke's, Smith's, and Scarborough's. There appears to be good anchorage between these islands, and the water very smooth, and they seem to abound with cocoa-nut and cabbage-trees. When the vessels. were abreast of Scarborough Island it grew so dark that they could not see the land; happily, however, the Indians lighted two very large fires which enabled them to get entirely clear of them all.

On the 23d of June, they approached some other islands, which Captain Marshall, distinguished by the name of Lord Mulgrave's, and here the Charlotte, Captain Gilbert, being a stern of him, at some distance, the natives putting off in canoes, went along-side her; and several of them got on board, ran fore and aft, stealing every thing that lay in their way; one of them in particular, got hold of the pump-break, and attempted to jump over-board with it, but was stopped by one of the sailors. They appeared in other respects to be very civilized, all of them having coverings round

the waist; their ornaments were necklaces made of beads, to which a cross was suspended, in the same manner as those worn by the Spaniards; and having no offensive weapons whatever, they were supposed to live with each other upon very friendly terms. After this nothing remarkable occurred in the course of the Scarborough's arrival at the Island of Tinian, nor in her subsequent voyage to China.

I should have noticed before, that in none of these islands were there any traces of religion, beyond those observed among the untutored inhabitants of New South Wales. In point of civilization, however, it is beyond doubt that much will depend upon the commerce of Europeans in this quarter of the world, and the continuation of those missions so ably supported by the well-disposed in Europe.

CHAP. XXX.

The discovery of Tench's Island-An account of the inhabitants-Description of Prince William Henry's Island-Account of Kereolang and its inhabitants, their cloathing, utensils, &c. &c. LIEUTENANT KING, and Lieutenant Ball, being appointed to carry dispatches from Governor Philip to England, sailed on the 28th of April, 1790, on board the Supply, and after arriving at Batavia, being ordered to make the best of their way, they proceeded accordingly and continued their course till the 5th of May without meeting with any thing remarkable, a shoal excepted, to which they gave the name of Booby Shoal, through the mistake of the man at the mast head, who at first took it for a shadow.

Arriving off an Island, on the morning of the 19th, to which they gave the name of Tench's, they saw a number of people standing on the South point, and a great many canoes were coming off to meet them, but as the vessel approached them they paddled towards the shore: till the vessel being hove to, in a short time they again came near, but still no persuasion could prevail on them to come along-side; and at length, though two of the canoes, which had seven men in each, and two others with two

men each, came close under the stern, still nonė of them would venture on board, and it was with great difficulty they were induced to come near enough to receive a string of beads; after this they all paddled on shore. All the while these canoes were near the vessel, the beach on the island was covered with natives; while on the South point a man stood alone, with a long pole in his hand, which had something large at the end of it, and which he seemed to use as a signal to those in the canoes. These canoes were tolerably well shaped, and appeared to be made out of a large tree; they had a wooden hook at each end, the use of which could not be discovered, the largest of them were about 28 feet long. Each canoe had a long outrigger, to prevent it from oversetting.

These savages were stout well made men, of a healthy appearance, their skin smooth, and of a copper-hue, and their hair resembled that of the New-Hollanders. Some of their beards reached as low as the navel, and there was an appearance of much pains used in forming them into long ringlets. A few of the men had something like a bead or bone suspended to a string, and fastened round the neck. island seemed about two miles in circumference, low, and entirely covered with trees, many of which are the cocoa-nut. There also were a number of large trees, which bore a very fine red blossom, which reached to the margin of a fine level sandy beach, that entirely surrounds the island; and from the number of canoes

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