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55. Octr. 1769. Tolaga Bay
tho the wind was foul so the whole day was spent in turning to windward
23. This morn find ourselves gone backwards Tegadu bay which we left yesterday was now to windward of us Several canoes came alonside & told us that there was a small bay to leward of us where we might anchor in safety & land in the boats without a surf where there was fresh water we followd their directions & they soon brought us into a bay calld Tolaga where at 1 we anchord many Canoes came from the shore & all traded for fish curiosities &c. very honestly after dinner we went ashore & found as they had told us a small cove where the boat might land without the least surf & water near it so the Captn resolvd to wood & water here
24. This morn Dr Solander & myself went ashore botanzing & found many new plants the people behavd perfectly well not mixing with or at all interrupting our people in what they were about but on the contrary selling them whatever they had for Otahite cloth & Glass bottles of which they were uncommonly fond
in our walks we met with many houses in the vallies that seemd to be quite deserted the people livd on the ridges of hills in very slight built houses or rather shedds for what reason they have left the vallies we can only guess maybe for air but if
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