feveral other. Varieties..? having Been irriet 'with, which âré
natives: oL Am boina andî^tneFS; o’# the- M'ôlùccâ''IJlands.
16 th.. »We purfued» our route wé-ftward,. proceeding many
piles inland, without being^able to tpile^ by* afkfgl^ veftigëî
that the natives» had been ' recently* in -thofi pâf-tsv uW b fa5w|
however, fome-- probfs'Vofvthbir ingenuity, in-various- figures
cut on the;fmoo&hffurfaee d f lême-krgè ftones. Thereon-,
filled cHieflyi qt^repTefenPtibii's/ of1’* thém%l%s->ïh different
attitudes, of-their cdnoës^ôf forts of fifh and animals ;
and, - Gonfiderirn-g the-ruderiefs. ôflt-he inftruments> with, which
the figures mu ft hhyn<:beeii^exfechted, ‘they feemeâ- to Exhibit:
tôlefably ftrong likehèfie^ On the -ftqn.es, 'where the
natives had been-thus exercifing their abilities-' in fculpture,
Were-lèverai -Weather-beaten lhells^ The countfÿ âH -ardûhd'
this piaë'èiwas, rather high andf- rocky >'hand the*'foil arid,
parohedf!'&df inhofpitable.
In the-evenings after-a long and fatiguing- march, we fell-
in with the north-weft- branch of Port Jâckfion harbour. Here
the two- feamen, overcome with.. faiiguêÿ and having their
Ihoes tor,n from their feet through the ruggedheis of the
road along which we had travelled, ceùld procëed'no further..
This circumftancejnduced the governor to confign them tothe