toobonai

Updated: May 2, 2025

But one night he said: "If the wind holds good to-night we shall see an island in the morning, but not the island where we shall stop." "Land ho!" shouted a sailor from the masthead in the morning, and, sure enough, they saw away on the horizon, like a cloud on the edge of the sea, the island of Toobonai. As they passed Toobonai the wind rose and howled through the rigging.

Basil Mathews - The Book of Missionary Heroes

Its name, as was learned from the natives, who spake the Otaheite language, is Toobonai. Pursuing his course, the captain reached Otaheite on the 12th, and steered for Oheitepeha Bay, with an intention to anchor there, in order to draw what refreshments he could from the south-east part of the island, before he went down to Matavai.

Andrew Kippis - Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods