2o8 A V O Y A G E ROUND THE WORLD.
1773*. ther had been favourable for their return from almoft any
part of the bay, till the morning of the 25 th*, loon after
which it began to be very rainy and ftormy. On the day
we had gone to Weft Bay, a large canoe with twelve of the
natives came from the north to our fhip, and after felling
a variety of their dreffes, fome Hone hatchets, clubs, fpears,
and even paddles, they returned the way they came.
On the a :6 th, afternoon, the weather being fomewhat
cleared up, our launch arrived on board, but all the people
in her were exhaufted with fatigue and hunger. All
the provifion they had taken out with them -confided of
three bifcuits and a bottle of brandy ; and they had not been
able to fucceed in catching a Angle fifh during the tem-
peftuous weather. After being toffed about by the waves,
attempting in vain to return to the veflels, they had put
into a cpve, on which they found a few deferred huts of.
the natives, where they took fhelter, and juft kept theift-
felves from ftarving by eating a few mufcles that adhered
to the rocks.
The next morning we made our refearches round the
bottom of the cove, in queft of plants and birds; and in
the afternoon we went out along the rocky fhores towards
Point Jack-fen, to kill fome fhags, which we had now learnt
to relifh inftead of ducks. Between thefe two excurfions
we received another vifit of the Indian family, whom we
had feen before, on the 2 3d. They feemed to be come for
no
no other purpofe than that of eating with us, having
brought nothing with them to exchange for our iron-work.
We now enquired for their names, but they were a long
time before they could underftand u s ; however, comprehending
our meaning at laft, they gave us a colleftion of
words, which had a Angular mixture of gutturals and
vowels. The oldeft among them was called Towa-
liangha ; the others Kotugha-a, Koghoaa, Khoaa, Kollakh,
and Taywaherua. This laft was a boy about twelve or
fourteen years of age, who had a very promiftng countenance,
and feemed to be the livelieft and moft intelligent’
among them. He came into the cabin and dined with us,
•eating very voracioufly of a fhag-pye, of which, contrary
to our expectation, he preferred the cruft. The captain
offered him fome Madeira Wine, of which he drank fome-
thing more than one glafs, making a great many wry
faces at ftrft. A bottle of a very fweet Cape wine being’
brought upon the table, a glafs was Ailed out to him,
which he relifhed fo well that he was continually licking
his lips, and deAred to have another, which he likewife ‘
drank off. This draught began to elevate his fpirits, and
his tongue ran on with great volubility. He capered
about the cabin, infifted on having the captain’s boat-
cloak, which lay on a chair, and was much vexed at the
refufal; he next deAred one of the empty bottles, and this 1
requeft likewife proving fruitlefs, he went out of the cabin.
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