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fhip’s company did nothing but gat them from the time they .
came on board till night, -when, as may reafonably be fup- i_—v— _/
pofed, great part of them were expended; this, however, Saturday ‘ -•
gave us no concern, as \ye knew that not the boat only, but
the fhip, might have been loaded, almoft in one tide, as the
beds are dry at half ebb.
In the morning of Sunday the 1.2th, two canoes came off Sunday 12.
full of people whom we had never feen before, but who appeared
to have heard of us by the caution which they ufed
in approaching us. As we invited them to come alongfide
with all the tokens of friendfhip that we could fhew, they
ventured up, and two of them came on board; the reft
traded very fairly for what they had: a fmall canoe alfo
came from the other fide of the bay, and fold us fome very
large fifh, which they gave us to underftand they would
have brought yefterday, having caught them the day before,
but that the wind was fo high they could not venture
to fea.
After breakfaft, I went with the pinnace and yawl, accompanied
by Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander, over to the north fide
of the bay, to take a view of the country, and two fortified
villages which we had difcovered at a diftance. We landed
near the fmalleft of them, the fituation of which was the
moft beautifully romantic that can be imagined; it was built
upon a fmall rock, detached from the main, and furrounded
at high water. The whole body of this rock was perforated
by an hollow or arch, which poftefled much the largeft part
of i t ; the top of the arch was above fixty feet perpendicular
above the fea, which at high water flowed through the bottom
of it: the whole fummit of the rock above the arch was
fenced round after their manner ; but the area was not large
enough to contain more than five or fix houfes: it was accef-
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