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Fresh Gales and dark Gloomy Wr. with hard Squalls and Rain Lightning and Thunder. Wind NBE, NEBE to S & SW, ENE. Thermr. 80° to 81¼°.
Employed as the Weather would permit the same as yesterday. Sailmakers making new Coats for the Masts. Sick list 4 Venereals &ca. as yesterday. Heavy Sea in Matavai Bay. Supplies and Natives about us as usual. The Indian Corn I got sown at Tynahs Country Residence is growing finely. Some Cuttings of Shaddock Trees are also taking Root. The Corn at Matavai being all Stole, and several people having seen patches growing in different parts of the Country leaves me no doubt that it will be established in this Island. The Shaddocks which I sometime since mentioned, that I saw in the Country four miles from Matavai, are not yet ripe, they are however taken care of and I hope to see them gathered before I sail in which case I have every reason to beleive they will be propagated.
Since I have been here I heard an Account of a Cannoe landing at Maitea that came from an Island to the Eastd. called Tappu,oai where the Inhabitants were all Warriors. That as soon as the Cannoe landed at Maitea they began to fight with the Natives who killed them all except a young lad and a Woman. These two have since that come to Otaheite. The Boy I saw, I could not however get any information from him.
I asked Tynah if none of the Otaheiteans went to Tappu,oai. No says he they would kill any of us who went there. Do you ever retaliate then. No he said. When a Stranger comes among us it is good to give him every thing we eat ourselves and he lives as we do. I realy beleive this to be a truth and a just characteristick of the good disposition of the Otaheiteans. Tynah particularly in this respect is one of the best men existing. Every Stranger meets with a kind reception and is happy under his liberality and protection.
The Plants are in a very fine State and Mr Nelson thinks they will be perfectly established in the Potts in the Course of a month. I shall then Sail.
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