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the flesh of which was much less delicious, and in 

 their stomachs nothing was to be found but shells. 



In the morning of the 16th, while the people were 

 employed as usual in getting the ship ready for the 

 sea, I climbed one of the hills on the north side of 

 the river, from which I had an extensive view of the 

 inland country, and found it agreeably diversified by 

 hills, vallies, and large plains, which in many places 

 were richly covered with w r ood. This evening, we 

 observed an emersion of Jupiter's first satellite, which 

 gave 214 53' 45" of longitude. The observation 

 which was made on the 29th of June gave 214 42' 30", 

 the mean is 214 48' 7j-" the longitude of this place 

 west of Greenwich. 



On the 17th, I sent the master and one of the 

 mates in the pinnace to look for a channel to the 

 northward ; and I went myself with Mr. Banks and 

 Dr. Solander into the woods on the other side of the 

 water. Tupia, who had been thither by himself i re- 

 ported, that he had seen three Indians who had given 

 him some roots about as thick as a man's finger, in 

 shape not much unlike a radish, and of a very agree- 

 able taste. This induced us to go over, hoping that 

 we should be able to improve our acquaintance with 

 the natives ; in a very little time we discovered four 

 of them in a canoe, who as soon as they saw us come 

 ashore, and, though they were all strangers, walked 

 up to us, without any signs of suspicion or fear. 

 Two of these had necklaces of shells, which we could 

 not persuade them to part with for any thing we 

 could give them : we presented them, however, with 

 some beads, and after a short stay they departed. We 

 attempted to follow them, hoping that they would 

 conduct us to some place where we should find more 

 of them, and have an opportunity of seeing their 

 women ; but they made us understand, by signs, that 

 they did not desire our company. 



At eight o'clock the next morning, we were visited 

 by several of the natives, who were now become quite 



