7/88 This seem'd to be a common ceremony with this people, and I suppose always perform'd upon landing on each other's Territories in a peaceable manner. It further appear'd that the things which Tupia gave away was for the God of this People, as they gave us a Hog and some Cocoanuts for our God, and thus they have certainly drawn us in to commit sacriledge, for the Hog hath already received sentence of Death, and is to be dissected to-morrow. A.M.I set about Surveying the Island, and Dr.Monkhouse, with some hands, went ashore to Trade with the Natives, while the Long boat was employ'd compleating our Water. Gentle breezes at South and South-South-West. |