Cheyne’s Naiad stays about three months at Pohnpei, recording trade and disease.

What happened

Arriving from Ngatik, where four Englishmen and 20 Pohnpeians were raising pigs to sell to ships, Cheyne stayed at Pohnpei almost three months. His long description covers the island’s trade and the influence of foreigners, and Hezel notes that Cheyne tells “a sorry tale” of murders and intrigues among the resident whites.