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twelve fathoms water, the bottom a fine sand. The 

 easternmost of the Black Rocks, which lie on the lar- 

 board side of the entrance.of the inlet, bore N. by E., 

 one mile distant; Cape Teerawhitte, or the west 

 point of the bay, west, distant about two leagues ; 

 and the east point of the bay N. by E., four or five 

 miles. 



Soon after we had anchored, several of the natives 

 came off in their canoes ; two from one shore, and 

 one from the other. It required but little address to 

 get three or four of them on board. These people 

 were extravagantly fond of nails above every other 

 thing. To one man I gave two cocks and two hens, 

 which he received with so much indifference, as gave 

 me little hopes he would take proper care of them. 



We had not been at anchor here above two hours, 

 before the wind veered to N. E., with which we 

 weighed ; but the anchor was hardly at the bows be- 

 fore it shifted to south. With this we could but just 

 lead out of the bay, and then bore away for the 

 Sound under all the sail we could set; having the ad- 

 vantage, or rather disadvantage, of an increasing gale, 

 which already blew too hard. We hauled up into the 

 Sound just at dark, after making two boards, in which 

 most of our sails were split ; and anchored in eigh- 

 teen fathoms* water, between the White Rocks and 

 the N. W. shore. 



The next morning the gale abated, and was suc- 

 ceeded by a few hours' calm ; after that a breeze 

 sprung up at N. W., with which we weighed and ran 

 up into Ship Cove, where we did not find the Adven- 

 ture as was expected. 



