177^. ROUND THE WORLD. 3 



board were of opinion that they were as high as Tene- 

 riffe ; but I did not think them as high as Mount 

 Egmont on the south-west coast of Eahienomauwe ; 

 because the snow, which almost entirely covered 

 Mount Egmont, lay only in patches upon these. At 

 noon this day, we were in latitude 42 34/ S. The 

 southermost land in sight bore S. W. J W. ; and some 

 low land that appeared like an island, and lay close 

 under the foot of the ridge, bore N. W. by N. about 

 five or six leagues. 



In the afternoon, when Mr. Banks was out in the 

 boat a shooting, we saw with our glasses four double 

 canoes, having on board fifty-seven men, put off from 

 that shore, and make towards him ; we immediately 

 made signals for him to come on board ; but the ship, 

 with respect to him, being right in the wake of the sun, 

 he did not see them. We were at a considerable dis- 

 tance from the shore, and he was at a considerable 

 distance from the ship, which was between him and 

 the shore ; so that, it being a dead calm, I began to be 

 in some pain for him, fearing that he might not see 

 the canoes time enough to reach the ship before they 

 should get up with him: soon after, however, we saw 

 his boat in motion, and had the pleasure to take him 

 on board before the Indians came up, who probably 

 had not seen him, as their attention seemed to be 

 wholly fixed upon the ship. They came within about 

 a stone's cast, and then stopped, gazing at us with a 

 look of vacant astonishment: Tupia exerted all his 

 eloquence to prevail upon them to come nearer, but 

 without any effect. After surveying us for some 

 time, they left us, and made towards the shore ; but 

 had not measured more than half the distance between 

 that and the ship before it was dark. We imagined 

 that these people had heard nothing of us, and could 

 not but remark the different behaviour and disposi- 

 tions of the inhabitants of the different parts of this 

 coast upon their first approaching the vessel. These 

 kept aloof with a mixture of timidity and wonder -, 



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