wore a fillet of feathers round their heads; and all of them
had bunches of white feathers ftuck in their ears: thus
drelfed, and all Handing, they received us with great cour-
tefy. I prefented the chief with the cloak I had got made
for him, with which he feemed fo well,pleafed, that he
took his Pattapattou from his girdle, and gave it me. After
a Ihort flay, we took leave ; and having fpent the remainder
of the day in continuing my furvey of the hay, with,
the night returned on board.
Very heavy rains falling on the two following days, no
work was done ; but the 12th proved clear and ferene, and
afforded us an opportunity to dry our fails and linen; two
things very much wanted ; not having had fair weather
enough for this purpofe fince we put into this bay. Mr.,
Forfler and his party alfo profited by the day in botanizing..
About ten o’clock the family of the natives paid us a vifit.
Seeing that they approached the fhip with great caution, I
met them in a boat, which I quitted when I got to thern,
and went into their canoe. Yet, after all, I could not prevail
on them to put along-fide the fhip, and at laft was
obliged to leave them to follow their own inclination. At
length they put afhore in a little creek hard by us; and,
afterwards, came and fat down on the fhore abreaft of the fhip,
near enough to fpeak with us. I now caufed the bagpipes,
and fife to play, and the drum to beat. The two firfi they
did not regard ; but the latter caufed fome little attention
in them; nothing, however, could induce them to come on
board. But they entered, with great familiarity, into con-
verfation (little underftood) with fuch of the officers and
feamen as went to them, paying much greater regard to
fome than to others; and thefe we had reafbn to believe
they
they took for females. To one man in particular,- the 'TV*
vounsr woman fhewed an extraordinary fondnefs until fhe '--- >— 3 & Monday 12, difcovered his fex, after which me would not lufrer him to
come near her. Whether it was that fhe before took him
for one of her own fex; or that the man, in order to dif-
cover himfelf, had taken.fome.liberties with her which fhe
thus refented, I know not-
In the afternoon, I took Mr. Hodges to a large cafcade,
which falls from an high mountain on the South fide of
the bay, about a league above the place where we lay..
He made a drawing of it on paper, and afterwards painted
it in oil colours; which exhibits, at once, abetter defcrip-
tion of it than any I can give. Huge heaps of Hones lay
at the foot of this cafcade, which had been broken off and
brought by theflream from the adjacent mountains. Thefe
Hones were of different forts; none, however, according to
. Mr. Forfler’s opinion (whom I believe to be a judge), containing
either, minerals or metals. Neverthelefs I brought away
fpecimens of every fort, as the whole country, that is, the -
rocky part of it, feemed to confiH of. thofe Hones and no
other. This cafcade is at the Eafi point of a cove, lying in
S. W. two miles, which I named Cafcade Cove. In it is.
good anchorage and other neceffaries. . At the entrance, lies.
an ifland, on each fide of which is a paffage; that on the •
Eafi fide is much the widefl. A little above the ifle,. and
near the S. E. fhore, are two rocks which are covered at high.
water. It was in this cove we firfi faw the natives.
When I returned aboard in the evening, I found our
friends the natives had taken up their quarters about 100
yards from our watering place; a very great mark of the
confidence they placed in us. This evening,, a fhooting;
party