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Remarks in Toahroah Harbour Tuesday 10th March 1789

Fresh Breezes and dark cloudy Weather with very heavy Rain, Thunder and Lightning. Wind NW, WSW and West. Thermometer 81° to 82¼°.

Employed as the weather would permit. Sick List as yeaterday. Sufficient supplies.

Much Sea continues in Matavai and into Taowne Harbour. The long continuance of this Westerly Wind also sets a heavy Sea in on all the Reefs, so that the Ship has some motion even in this Secure place.

This bad weather retards us much in the duty of the ship. I however at all events keep the People free from the Rain, and I have the happyness to see them all more free of Colds than I might reasonably expect.

Tynah and Iddeeah as usual came off to dine with me. They are always attentive to supply me with fresh Breadfruit at all my meals also with Plantains and latterly with some Sweet Potatoes and Tarro. The tops of the Tarro makes a fine Spinage Green, and we have abundance of wild Cresses very like what is called Peppercase, which makes an excellent Sallad, and is boiled in large quantities among the broth.

I am now finally satisfyed with respect to these peoples skill in numeration. It is as follows.

Attaigh................1
Arrooah................2     They have no way of expressing eleven twelve 
Tauroo.................3     &ca.&ca. as we do, but count the digits 
Hayah..................4     over again and call twenty attaigh taou 
Areema.................5     or rather taow. 
Awhennee                     They then by help of the digits count by 
Aono    }..............6     twenties up to 200 which is called Row 
Aheitoo................7     saying ahooroo taow attaigh Row that 
Awarro.................8     is ten times twenty is 200. 
Aheiva.................9
ahooroo...............10
                                 
Attaigh taow..........20
Arrooah taow..........40     They then by help of the digits count by 
Tauroo taow...........60     200 at a time up to 2000 which is called 
Hayah taow............80     attaigh Manno no tirow—or Manno. 
Areema taow..........100
Awhennee taow........120     They then count by 2000 at a time as 
Aheitoo taow.........140     before up to 20000 which is called
Awarroo taow.........160     Mannnoyou.
Aheiva taow..........180     Then by 20000 at a time up to 200000
Ahooroo taow                 which is called Manno tynnee and 
Attaigh row }........200     here they end, expressing any numbers 
Arrooah row..........400     that in their Idea exceed this, by a 
Tauroo row...........600     repetition of the word Manno, Manno, 
Hayah row............800     Manno, which is many many thousands,
Areema row..........1000     numbers innumerable
Awhennee row........1200
Aheitoo row.........1400
Awarroo row.........1600
Aheiva row..........1800
Ahooroo row is 
Attaigh Manno 
no terow     }......2000

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