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Sand, as it did not afford us a single article that we wanted, 

 except a little wood. . . . The south-west point of the 

 bay I named Young Nick's Head, after Nicholas Young, the 

 boy who first saw the land." Thus ended Cook's only visit to 

 this part of New Zealand ; but as the ship lay becalmed in the 

 afternoon, a little to the south of Young Nick's Head, several 

 canoes put off, and one, which had followed the ship out of 

 Poverty Bay, came directly alongside. With a little persua- 

 sion the four men who formed the crew (one of whom was 

 recognised as one of the hostile party encountered on the Mon- 

 day) were induced to come on board the ship. Their example 

 was shortly afterwards followed by the rest, and there were 

 soon around the ship no less than seven canoes and about fifty 

 men. About an hour before sunset the canoes all moved off, 

 but three of the men were left on board, and were trans- 

 shipped on the following morning to a canoe off Table Cape. 



After this Cook contiimed his voyage southward, following 

 the coast as far as Cape Turnagain, whence he returned on 

 the 17th October, with the view of examining the coast to 

 the northward of Poverty Bay. On Friday, the 20th, being 

 prevented by the wind from fetching Tolaga Bay, he anchored 

 about 11 o'clock in another bay, a little to the north, the 

 name given to which by the natives, he says, was Tegado. 

 What Maori name this represents I have been unable to dis- 

 cover. He gives no description by which the bay may be 

 identified, but from Parkinson's journal it is clear that it was 

 Anaura.'" The people were all remarkably friendly, and were 

 found to be acquainted with what had happened at Poverty 

 Bay less than a fortnight before. On the 21st Lieutenant Gore, 

 with a strong party of men, obtained a supply of fresh water, 

 and Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander found many new plants, and 

 shot a few birds. 



On Sunday, the 22nd, another start was made, but, the 

 wind being unfavourable for standing to the northward. Cook 

 determined to put into Tolaga Bay (PI. XXXIIL), some na- 

 tives having told him of a small cove, a little within the south 

 XDoint of the bay, where fresh water was handy, and where the 

 boats might land without being exposed to a heavy surf. This 

 is the cove which in recent times has always borne the illus- 

 trious navigator's name. The natives here were as friendly 

 as those at Tokomaru, and a good supply of wood and water 

 was easily procured. During the eight days' stay at this place 



* " On the 21st we anchored in a very indifferent harbour, in 8^ fathoms 

 of water, about one mile and a half from the sliore, having an island on 

 the left hand, which somewhat sheltered us" (Parkinson, quoted by Mr. 

 Colenso, " Trans.," vol. x., p. 123). It will be noticed that there is a dis- 

 crepancy in the date ; but throughout this portion of the narrative 

 Parkinson's dates are one day in advance of those given by Cook. 



