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and as soon as it was light the next morning, I took 

 a boat, and went on shore to look for a watering 

 place, and a proper birth for the ship, both which 

 I found, much to my satisfaction. As soon as the 

 ship was moored, I sent an officer on shore to super- 

 intend the watering, and the carpenter, with his crew, 

 to cut wood, while the long-boat was employed in 

 landing the empty casks. 



In this employment we were busy till the 30th, 

 when the wind seeming to settle at S. E. and our 

 water being nearly completed, we warped the ship 

 out of the cove, that we might have room to get 

 under sail ; and at noon I went away in the pinnace 

 to examine as much of the bay as my time would 

 admit. 



After rowing about two leagues up it, I went 

 ashore upon a point of land on the western side, and 

 having climbed a hill, I saw the western arm of this 

 bay run in S. W. by W. about five leagues farther, 

 yet I could not discover the end of it : there ap- 

 peared to be several other inlets, or at least small 

 bays, between this and the north-west head of Queen 

 Charlotte's Sound, in each of which, I make no 

 doubt, there is anchorage and shelter, as they are all 

 covered from the sea wind by the islands which lie 

 without them. The land about this bay, as far as I 

 could see of it, is of a hilly surface, chiefly covered 

 with trees, shrubs, and fern, which render travelling 

 difficult and fatiguing. In this excursion I was ac- 

 companied by Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander, who 

 found several new plants. We met with some huts, 

 which seemed to have been long deserted, but saw 

 no inhabitants. Mr. Banks examined several of the 

 stones that lay upon the beach^ which were full of 

 veins, and had a mineral appearance ; but he did not 

 discover any thing in them which he knew to be ore : 

 if he had had an opportunity to examine any of the 

 bare rocks, perhaps he might have been more for- 

 tunate. He was also of opinion that what I had 



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