Here several of the Inhabitants assembled together with their Canoes, with a design, as we thought, to come off to us, as they hauld one of them over the reef seemingly for that purpose; but after waiting near 1/2 an hour, and they not attempting to come, we bore away and made Sail, and presentley the Canoe put off after us; but, as we did not stop, they soon went back again.

They were in all respects like those we had seen on Lagoon Island, and Armed with Clubs and long Pikes like them.

At 1/2 past 6 a.m.Saw a small Island to the Northward, hauled our wind for it, and soon got close in with it.

It is about 3 or 4 Miles in Circuit, and very low, with a Pond in the Middle.

There is some wood upon it, but no inhabitants but Birds, and for this reason is called Bird Island.* (* Reitoru.) It lies in the latitude 17 degrees 48 minutes and longitude 143 degrees 35 minutes West, and West 1/2 North 10 Leagues from the West end of the two Groups.