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Our Stock of Provisions at first consisted of 150 pounds of Bread Part of which afterwards got damaged and lost, 28 Gallons of Water, 20 Pounds of Pork 3 Bottles of Wine, and 5 Quarts of Rum.
It may be asked what could be the cause for such a Revolution. In Answer to which I have only to give a description of Otaheite, which has every allurement both to luxury and ease, and is the Paradise of the World. --
The Women are handsome and Mild in their Manners and conversation, with sufficient delicacy to make them admired and beloved, and the Chiefs have acquired such a liking to our people, that they rather have encouraged their stay among them than otherwise, and even made promises of large possessions to them. --
Under these and many other attendant circumstances equally desirable, is it to be now wonder'd at, that a set of Sailors void of connections (or if they have any, not possessed of natural feelings sufficient to wish themselves never to be separated from them;) should not be led by such powerful lyes --
By equal to this, what a temptation is it to such Wretches when they find it in their power (however illegally it can be got at) to fix themselves in the midst of Plenty in the finest Island in the World, where they need not labour, And where the allurements of disipation are more than equal to any thing that can be conceived. --