ll at the quadratures, as at the full
and change of the moon.

To verify this, the following observations were made at Ulietea:

Day of Water at a stand Mean Time Perpendicular
the of rise
Month. from to High Water. Inches.

November 6. 11h 15m to 12h 20m 11h 48m 5,5
7. 11 40 1 00 12 20 5,2
8. 11 35 12 50 12 12 5,0
9. 11 40 1 16 12 28 5,5
10. 11 25 1 10 12 18 6,5
11. 12 00 1 40 12 20 5,0
12. 11 00 1 05 12 02 5,7
13. 9 30 11 40 10 35 8,0
14. 11 10 12 50 12 00 8,0
15. 9 20 11 30 10 25 9,2
16. 10 00 12 00 11 00 9,0
17. 10 45 12 15 11 30 8,5
18. 10 25 12 10 11 18 9,0
19. 11 00 1 00 12 00 8,0
20. 11 30 2 00 12 45 7,0
21. 11 00 1 00 12 00 8,0
22. 11 30 1 07 12 18 8,0
23. 12 00 1 30 12 45 6,5
24. 11 30 1 40 12 35 5,5
25. 11 40 1 50 12 45 4,7
26. 11 00 1 30 12 15 5,2

Having now finished all that occurs to me, with regard to these
islands, which make so conspicuous a figure in the list of our
discoveries, the reader will permit me to suspend the prosecution of
my journal, while he peruses the following section, for which I am
indebted to Mr Anderson.

SECTION IX.

_Accounts of Otaheite still imperfect.--The prevailing Winds.--Beauty
of the Country.--Cultivation.--Natural Curiosities.--The Persons
of the Natives.--Diseases.--General Character.--Love of
Pleasure.--Language.--Surgery and Physic.--Articles of Food.--Effects
of drinking Ava.--Times and Manner of Eating.--Connexions with the
Females.--Circumcision.--System of Religion.--Notions about the Soul
and a future Life.--Various Superstitions.--Traditions about
the Creation.--An historical Legend.--Honours paid to the
King.--Distinction of Ranks.--Punishment of Crimes.--Peculiarities of
the neighbouring Islands.--Names of their Gods.--Na