34 Tr ansae tions . — Miscellaneous . 



to describe the appearance of the place before the breakwater 

 and freezin o -works were buiit. 



Cook, after remaining at anchor in Poverty Bay for three 

 days, during which time he had several conflicts with the 

 natives, and not obtaining supplies required, sailed south. 

 He passed and named Table Cape and Portland Island, and 

 entered Hawke's Bay. One night was spent at anchor in 

 Hawke's Bay, between Portland Island and Long Point, 

 within the Mahia Peninsula, but nobody landed. Sailing 

 further into Hawke's Bay, he saw the large indentation of the 

 land at Mahia, and then coasted round the bay, passing 

 Wairoa, Mohaka, and Tangoio at a distance of two or three 

 miles, until he arrived off a white bluff head, which is our 

 Ahuriri Bluff. According to the bearings given, the position 

 of the ship when off this white bluff head was about three- 

 quarters of a mile north-west of where the Pania buoy is now 

 moored. 



On Cook's chart a channel is shown from the Inner Har- 

 bour to the sea near to Petane. The channel was less than 

 one mile on the Napier side of the smail Petane bridge, near 

 which the manure-works are. All of you acquainted with the 

 road to Petane will remember that here the beach is very low. 

 The course of the old channel seen by Cook can be traced, as 

 the north bank is well defined. 



While off the white bluff head two boats from the 

 " Endeavour " were manned ready to look for fresh water, but 

 a number of canoes coming out to the ships, and the natives 

 behaving in a hostile manner, Cook proceeded south. This 

 was on the 15th October, 1769. 



After passing and naming Cape Kidnappers, Bare Island, 

 and Blackhead, he got as far south as abreast of Cape Turn- 

 again. As the appearance of the country did not lead him to 

 suppose he would come on any harbour he decided there to 

 turn round and proceed north again in search of a watering- 

 place. At length he reached Anaura Bay, which he called 

 "Tegadoo," and the ship's boats were sent ashore for water. 

 A heavy swell was running, and little water was taken off. 

 The natives at Anaura explained that water could be easily 

 got at the next bay south, which Cook afterwards called 

 " Tolaga." 



The romantic cove now known as " Cook's Cove " was the 

 first spot in New Zealand where the voyagers had any luck at 

 all. Fresh water and firewood were badly wanted. At Poverty 

 Bay the water in the river was brackish and undrinkable, and, 

 the natives being hostile, no wood was obtained. At Anaura, 

 as I have just mentioned, the surf beat so high on the beach 

 that little water was taken off, and impressions there were not 

 of the best. At Tolaga a smooth landing was found in the 



