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and planted with various articles ; all of which were 

 in a flourishing state, and, if attended to by the 

 natives, may prove of great utility to them. The 

 next day I set some men to work to make a garden 

 on Long Island, which I planted with garden seeds, 

 roots, &c. 



On the 23d in the morning, the ewe and ram I 

 had with so much care and trouble brought to this 

 place, were both found dead ; occasioned, as was sup- 

 posed, by eating some poisonous plant. Thus my 

 hopes of stocking this country with a breed of sheep 

 were blasted in a moment. About noon, we were 

 visited, for the first time since I arrived, by some of 

 the natives, who dined with us ; and it was not a 

 little they devoured. In the evening, they were dis- 

 missed with presents. 



Early in the morning of the 24th, I sent Mr. Gil- 

 bert the master to sound about the rock we had 

 discovered in the entrance of the sound. Myself, 

 accompanied by Captain Furneaux and Mr. Forster, 

 went in a boat to the west bay on a shooting-party. 

 In our way, we met a large canoe, in which were four- 

 teen or fifteen people. One of the first questions 

 they asked was for Tupia, the person I brought from 

 Otaheite on my former voyage ; and they seemed to 

 express some concern, when we told them he was 

 dead. These people made the same enquiry of Cap- 

 tain Furneaux when he first arrived ; and, on my 

 return to the ship in the evening, I was told that a 

 canoe had been along-side, the people in which 

 seemed to be strangers, and who also enquired for 

 Tupia. Late in the evening Mr. Gilbert returned, 

 having sounded all round the rock, which he found 

 to be very small and steep. 



Nothing worthy of notice happened till the 29th, 

 when several of the natives made us a visit, and 

 brought with them a quantity of fish, which they ex- 

 changed for nails, &c. One of these people I took 

 over to Motuara, and showed him some potatoes 



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