240 cook's second voyage 



NOV. 



CHAP. V. 



TRANSACTIONS IN QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S SOUND, WITH AN AC- 

 COUNT OF THE INHABITANTS BEING CANNIBALS, AND VA- 

 RIOUS OTHER INCIDENTS. DEPARTURE FROM THE SOUND 



AND OUR ENDEAVOURS TO FIND THE ADVENTURE, WITH SOME 

 DESCRIPTION OF THE COAST. 



1 he first thing we did, after mooring the ship, was 

 to unbend all the sails, there not being one but what 

 wanted repaii. Indeed, both our sails and rigging 

 had sustained much damage in beating off the Strait's 

 mouth. 



We had no sooner anchored than we were visited 

 by the natives, several of whom I remembered to 

 have seen when I was here in the Endeavour, par- 

 ticularly an old man named Goubiah. In the after- 

 noon I gave orders for all the empty w T ater- casks to 

 be landed, in order to be repaired, cleaned, and filled; 

 tents to be set up for the sail-makers, coopers, and 

 others, whose business made it necessary for them to 

 be on shore. The next day we began to caulk the 

 ship's sides and decks, to overhaul her rigging, repair 

 the sails, cut wood for fuel, and set up the smith's 

 forge to repair the iron-work ; all of w 7 hich were 

 absolutely necessary. We also made some hauls 

 with the seine, but caught no fish, which deficiency 

 the natives in some measure made up, by bringing 

 us a good quantity, and exchanging them for pieces 

 of Otaheitean cloth, &c. 



On the 5th, the most part of our bread being in 

 casks, I ordered some to be opened, when, to our 

 mortification, we found a good deal of it damaged. 

 To repair this loss in the best manner we could, all 

 the casks were opened, the bread was picked, and 



