Apr 29, 1792 Home Providence Log May 1, 1792
Revised Aug 26 2021
Pots
Breadfruit 1090
Vees 25
Rattahs 25
Ayyahs 25
Orayahs 12
Poeahs 9
Mattees 6
Ettows 2
Total 1194
Tubs 4
Ditto Weather. Employed in the Hold. Carpenters Caulking the Larboard side and making Extra places for the Plants on the Quarter Deck. Cooper repairing Casks and making Tubs. Received 3½ tons of Stone Ballast.
Plentifull supplies of Fruit, Roots and Hogs.
Our Post is little incommoded by the Natives. In the Evenings they collect to see the Marines go through their Manovies [maneuvers], but at Sun down they retire and all becomes quiet. The Plants are doing well. I have this day 1194 Pots fitted and 4 Tubs 1090 Pots and 4 Tubs have Breadfruit Plants in them.
I have forgot on the 28th to give a description of the Great Evatah, or Evatarow as it is called, on which the Hogs were lying. This famous Altar is formed by three rows of stout Posts about 8 feet high, thirty six in number aranged regularly, so that the whole spave of ground it takes up, may be nearly forty feet by ten. From the Top of one Post to the other, Poles are secured to form a Platform which is covered with small branches and leaves to receive the Offerings. Round the sides the Evatah is prettily Ornamented with a Curtain of Cocoa Nutt leaves.
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