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CHAPTER XVII.

Quit San Blas — Island of Socorro — Goats — Does not afford water — Braithwaite's Bay — Clarion Island — Lose anchor — Botany — Fish — No water — Irish eagle shot — False alarm of breakers — Make the Marquesas — Enter port Anna Maria — Nuhuhiva — Transactions — War in Tabu — Interference to stop hostilities — Unsuccessful — Compact of safety to foreign residents — Signed by king and prime ministers — Quit Nuhuhiva.