the bay. along by the weftern fliore, having from thirty-five
to twelve fathoms, the bottom every where good anchorage.
At one o’clock we reached the entrance of the inlet juft as
the tide of ebb was making out; the wind being likewife
againft us, we anchored in twelve fathoms water, the bottom
a fine fand. The eafternmoft of the Black Rocks, which lie
on the larboard fide of the entrance of the inlet, bore N. by
E., one mile diftant; Cape Teerawhitte, or the Weft point of
the bay, Weft, diftant about two leagues; and the Eaft point
of the bay N. by E., four or five mile's.
Soon after we had anchored,, feverat of tire natives came
off in t heir canoes; two from one fliore, and one from the
other. It required but little addrefs to get three or four of
them on board. Thefe people were extravagantly fond of
nails above every other thing. To one man I gave two
cocks and two hens, which he received with fo much indifference,
as gave me little hopes he would take proper care
of them.
We had not been at anchor here above two hours,, before
the wind veered to N. E., with which we weighed; but the
anchor was hardly at the bows before it fhifted to South.
With this we could but juft lead out of the bay, and then
bore away for the Sound under all the fail we could fet;
having the advantage, or rather difadvantage, of an increaf-
ing gale, which already blew too hard. We hauled up-into
the Sound juft at dark, after making two boards, in which
moft of our fails were fplit; and anchored in eighteen fathoms
water, between the White Rocks and the N. W. fliore.
The next morning the gale abated, and was fucceeded by
a few hours calm; after that a breeze fprung up at N. W.,
with which we weighed and ran up into Ship Cove, where
we did not find the Adventure as was expelled.
CH AP .
C H A P . V.
‘Tranjatiions in Queen Charlotte's Sound; •with an A ccount
o f the Inhabitants being Cannibals ; and various
other Incidents.— Departure from the Sound, and our
Endeavours to fin d the Adventure; with fome Defcrip-
tion o f the Coafl.
'T 'H E firft thing we did, after mooring the fltip, was to I?7J
unbend all the fails; there not being one but what November
wanted repair. Indeed, both pur fails and rigging had fuf- Wednef. 3.
tained much damage, in beating off the Strait’s mouth.
We had no fooner anchored than we were vifited by the
natives, feveral of whom I remembered to have feen when I
was here in the Endeavour, particularly an old man named
Goubiah. In the afternoon, I gave orders for all the empty
water calks to be landed, in order to be repaired, cleaned,
and filled, tents to be fet up for the fail-makers, coopers,
and others, whofe bufinefs made it neceflary for them to
be on Ihore. The next day we began to caulk the fhip’s T h u r f% 4.
fides and decks, to over-haul her' rigging, repair the fails,
cut wood for fewel, and fet up thefmith’s forge to repair the
iron-work; all of which were abfolutely neceflary. We alfo
made fome hauls with the feine, but caught no fifli; which
deficiency the natives in fome meafure made up, by bringing
us a good quantity, and exchanging them for pieces of
Otaheitean cloth, &c.
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