' 773-
• November.
S outlay 7.
Tuefday 9.
Wednef. 10.
Friday .12.
^Saturday 13,
Monday 15.
mitted. They left behind them fome of their dogs, and the
boar I had given them the day before, which I now took
back again as I had not another. Our cafks were the leaft
lofs we felt by thefe people leaving us: while they remainedj
we were generally well fupplied with fifh, at a fraall expence.
We had fair weather, with the wind at N. E. on the gth,
which gave us fome hopes of feeing the Adventure; but
thefe hopes vanifhed in the afternoon, when the wind
fhifted to the weftward.
The next morning, our friends the natives returned again,
and brought with them a quantity of fifh which they exchanged
for two hatchets.
Fair weather on the i*th, enabled us to finifh picking,
airing, and baking our bifeuit; four thoufand two hundred
and ninety-two pounds o'f which we found totally unfit to
eat; and about three thoufand pounds more could only be
eaten by people in our fituation.
On the 13th, clear and pleafant weather. _ Early in the
morning, the natives brought us a quantity of fifh, which
they exchanged as ufual. But their greateft branch of trade
was the green talk or ftone, called by them Poenammoo, a
thing of no great value; neverthelefs it was fo much fought
after by our people, that there was hardly a thing they
would not give for a piece of it.
The 15th being a pleafant morning, a party of us went
over to the Eaft Bay, and climbed one of the hills which
overlooked the eaftern part of the Strait, in order to look
for the Adventure. We had a fatiguing walk to little pur-
pofe; for when we came to the fummit, we found the
eaftern
eaftern horizon fo foggy that we could not fee above two
miles. Mr. Forfter, who was one of the party, profited by >-—-—
this excurfion, in collecting fome new plants. I now began |
to defpair of feeing the Adventure any more; but was totally
at a lofs to conceive what was become of her. Till now, I
thought lhe had put into fome port in the Strait, when the
wind came to N. W., the day we anchored in the cove, and
waited to complete her water. This conjecture Was reafon-
able enough at firft, but it was now hardly probable fhe could
be twelve days in our neighbourhood, without our either
hearing or feeing fomething of her.
The hill we now mounted is the fame that I was upon in
1770, when I had the fecond view of the Strait: we then
built a tower, with the ftones we found there, which we
now faw had been levelled to the ground; no doubt by the
natives, with a view of finding fomething hid in it. When
we returned from the hill, we found a number of them
collected round our boat. After fome exchanges, and making
them fome prefents, we embarked, in order to return on board;
and, in our way, vifited others of the inhabitants, by whom
we were kindly received.
Our friends the natives employed themfelves on the 17 th Wcdnef- *?•
in fifhing in our neighbourhood; and, as fait as they
caught the fifh, came and difpofed of them to us ; infomuch
that we had more than we could make ufe of. From this
day to the 2zd nothing remarkable happened, and we were
occupied in getting every thing in readinefs to put to fea,
being refolved to wait no longer than the affigned time for
the Adventure.
The winds were between the South and Weft, ftormy Monday iz.
with rain till the aed, when the weather became fettled,.
clear.