Mallicollo; but, as the ship did not shorten sail, none of them came off. The natives in the Bay of St. Philip and St. Jago, ventured off in their canoes to look at the Resolution; but they soon took fright, and returned ashore. At last three canoes, containing five or six men in each, came so near as to receive a few presents. They were nearly as naked as the people of Tanna, wearing only a belt, with some long grass, or flags, hanging down before and behind. They understood the numerals, and other words, in the language of Anamocka; but, in some respects, they resembled the New Zealanders.
From the 27th to the 31st, our navigator coasted along the Tierra del Espiritu Santo, sailing round it, till he reached the S.W. point of the island, which he named Cape Lisburne. And now, having seen, and partly examined, all these islands, several of which were hitherto undiscovered, Capt. Cook felt himself entitled to give a name to the whole, and called this group the New Hebrides. He gives a description of the size and position of the principal islands, with the latitude and longitude of a number of points, as ascertained by himself and Mr. Wales. In the construction of his charts of these islands, as well as of other groups, he not only enjoyed the assistance of that able astronomer, but of the officers on board; who, under his skilful directions, had become so expert in taking observations, for determining the longitude and latitude, that he himself remarks, "I have seldom known any material difference, between the observations made by Mr. Wales, and those made by the officers at the same time."
