Jul 19, 1792 Home Flinders's Log Jul 21, 1792
Revised Sep 16 2021
1 pm: Fresh Gale and fair Weather
2 pm: Moderate Breezes Set Steering sails
4 pm: At 4 7 or 8 Miles distant from Morea
5 pm: Unbent the Cable
6 pm: At 6 Hauled down the Starboard Steering Sails distant off Morea 5 or 6 Leagues
8 pm: Moderate Breezes and fair Weather
10 pm: Two Fin back whales near the Ship
3 am: At 3 Judging our selves near some of the Society Islands, stood more to the Southward to clear them – At Daybreak, Hazey Weather
6 am: At 6 Saw the Island of Huaheine from N25° to 12°E and Uliatea from N37° to 60°W distant 5 or 6 Leagues
8 am: Fresh Gale and Hazey Weather Uliatea from N10°E to N18°W distant 4 or 5 Leagues Saw Land to the NWestward supposed to be Bolabola – Cleared between Decks and washed fore & aft – Stowed the Bower Anchors – Fresh Provisions served to the Ships Company
12 noon: Fresh Trade & hazey – Assistant in Company
I cannot say much of those Islands we have just passed. according to Captain Cook who has described them
particularly, they are fruitful in those things that Oteheite produces. their Women are equally fine and
perhaps in general finer, they acknowledge the Aree'rahi of Otaheite which their Canoes often visit and
where several of their inhabitants frequently live. Uliatea is a bone of Contention betwixt Otoo and the
Chief of Bolabola for tho' they acknowledge the former they are often plundered by the latter and sometimes
are obliged to submit to them. both these Islands are high and mountainous, as all the Society's are, each
of them contain good Harbours, that of Owharre (as I have said before) is in Latitude 16°.42½′ South
and Longitude 208°:50′ East Ohammaneno Harbour in Uliatea in Latitude 16°:46′ South
Longitude 208°:23½′ East as laid down by Captain Cook by Lunar Observation – The
Land seen to the NWestward of Uliatea, I believe to be Bolabola; the Inhabitants of this Island, 'tho' it is
small are much feared by the Oteheiteans for their Courage. a Bolabola man at Oteheite will not strip of[f] his
Ahoo when Otoo appears as His Subjects are obliged to do. several Men were pointed out to us by the Oteheiteans
as Bolabloa men and seemed to be spoken of with some Degree of Superiority. Otaha a smaller Island to the
Eastward is subject to them. a particular Discription of both is given by Captain Cook, I believe in Hawkesworth
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