and taking fame refreflimenf, they returned on fhore.
|n fate evening'» junk anchored nea rh s: fhe -was
fede& with fea-weed (fucus faccharinu$),.amL failed
the fame night.
■ This morning we hanfed the feiaejwith jndi^erent
ihetse&^ and ivere alfo employed, in wooding and
watering;«r. I vifited the opiening; we" had perceived
coming in, which t profeed to be a fmall harbour
having: within it: S. fathoms, and the entrance do it
was between feme rocks .above water. It is a very
convenient port for finali veffels, and ftirrounded«with
honfes ; one ©fa.larger kind was inhabited b^ifome
Japanefe, with a garden producing Frenctebeans and
turnip-raddiflies. ’ On our return we lanchad: at the
large village, and met our Japanefe acquaintance,
who: appeared very uneafy in feeing us fo near
their habitations, and ftrongly prefled us to return
to: the fliip: we however walked ter. the watering
place, where w© embarked to tneir great fatisfac«:
tion.
In the morning we moored' the; fhip nearer the
watering place, and for, the firft time -faw feme
women. They were filhing with the men and affifling
them in, rowing. Their hair was cut very fhort,, elofe:
round