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Ulhietea

J.[July]

by pillars which held the floor of it 4 feet at least from above the deck or upper surface of the boats also a trough for making Poe poe or sour paste carvd out of hard black stone such as their hatchets are made of it was 2 ft 7 long & 1 ft 4 broad very thick & substantial & supported by 4 short feet the whole neatly finishd & perfectly polishd tho quite without ornaments Today as well as yesterday every one of us who walkd out saw many Jaw bones fix'd up in houses as well as out of doors a confirmation of their taking them instead of scalps

23. Weather mended a little Dr Solander & myself go upon the hills in hopes of finding new plants but ill rewarded return home at night having seen nothing worth mentioning

24. Foul wind The Captn attempts to go out of the reef at another passage situate between the two Islets of Opourourou & Taumou The ship turning to windward within the reef in doing which she narrowly escapes going ashore the Quartermaster in the chains calld out 2 fathom the ship drawing at least 14 feet made it impossible that such a shoal could be under her Keel so either the man was mistaken or she went along the edge of a coral rock many of which are here as steep as a wall.

 

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