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March 1770.]
Tupia's List of Islands.
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proper to send a Ship out upon this Service while Tupia lives, and he to come out in her, in that case she would have a prodidgious Advantage over every ship that hath been upon discoveries in those Seas before; for by means of Tupia, supposing he did not accompany you himself, you would always get people to direct you from Island to Island, and would be sure of meeting with a friendly reception and refreshment at every Island you came to. This would enable the Navigator to make his discoveries the more perfect and Compleat; at least it would give him time so to do, for he would not be Obliged to hurry through those Seas thro' any apprehentions of wanting Provisions.

I shall now add a list of those Islands which Tupia and Several others have given us an account of, and Endeavour to point out the respective Situations from Otaheite, or George's Island; but this, with respect to many of them, cannot be depended upon. Those marked thus (‡) Tupia himself has been at, and we have no reason to doubt his Veracity in this, by which it will appear that his Geographical knowledge of those Seas is pretty Extensive; and yet I must observe that before he came with us he hardly had an Idea of any land being larger than Otaheite.

Name of the Islands
N.E. Quarter.
Bearings from Otaheite. Name of the Islands
N.E. Quarter.
Bearings from Otaheite.
 Oopate Between the N. and N.N.E.  Whareva N.E.
 Ooura  Whatteruro
 Teohcoa  Tetioo
 Oryvoa  Tetineohva
 Ohevapato  Terouwhah
 Otaah N.N.E. to N.E. by N.
 Ohevaroa  Whaoa N.N.E.
 Temanno  Whaoa
 Ootta  Whaneanea
 Ohevatoutua E. by N.
S.E. Quarter.
 Moutou S. to S.E.
 Toomitoaroaro N.W. Quarter.
‡Tennowhammeatane ‡Tethuroa N. by W.
 Ohitetamaruire  Oonnah
 Ouropoe  Obaha
‡Mytea or Oznaburg Isld.
E.S.E. and E.  Maataah
 Ohevanue
 Ohirotah ‡Huiheine Between the N. and W.
‡Ulietea
S.W. Quarter ‡Otaha
‡Imao or York Island W. by S. and W.S.W. ‡Bolabola
‡Tapooamanue or Saunders Island
‡Tubai