| "MONDAY 14th. At half past 6 o'Clock pm Anchored at the place before
mentioned [i.e. outside Hanga Roa] in 36 fathom Water, the bottom
a fine dark sand. Having sent the boat in shore to sound one of the
natives swam off to her, came on board and remained with us all night
and next day, this confidence gave us a favourable Idea of the rest of
the Natives." "...one of the Natives [by the name 'Maroowahai'] swam off to her and insisted on coming on board the ship where he remained two nights and a Day. The first thing he did after coming on board, was to measure the length of the Ship by fathoming her from the Tafferl to the Stern and as he counted the fathoms we observed that he called the Numbers by the same names as they do at Otaheite, Nevertheless his Languish was in a manner wholy unintelligible to all of us." "The following short Vocabulary which I had from Mr Pickersgill, will show the affinity of their Language to that Spoke in the other isles..." (Beaglehole II) |