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fascines from the wood where they had been cut, with 

 great alacrity : we had, indeed, been so scrupulous 

 of invading their property, that we purchased every 

 stake which was used upon this occasion, and cut 

 down no tree till we had first obtained their consent. 

 The soil where we constructed our fort was sandy, 

 and this made it necessary to strengthen the intrench- 

 ments with wood ; three sides were to be fortified in 

 this manner ; the fourth was bounded by a river, up- 

 on the banks of which I proposed to place a proper 

 number of water-casks. This day we served pork to 

 the ship's company for the first time, and the Indians 

 brought down so much bread-fruit and cocoa-nuts, 

 that we found it necessary to send away part of them 

 unbought, and to acquaint them by signs, that we 

 should want no more for two days to come. Every 

 thing was purchased this day with beads : a single 

 bead, as big as a pea, being the purchase of five or 

 six cocoa-nuts, and as many of the bread-fruit. Mr. 

 Banks's tent was got up before night within the 

 works, and he slept on shore for the first time. Pro- 

 per sentries were placed round it, but no Indian at- 

 tempted to approach it the whole night. 



The next morning, our friend Tubourai Tamaide 

 made Mr. Banks a visit at the tent, and brought with 

 him not only his wife and family, but the roof of a 

 house, and several materials for setting it up, with 

 furniture and implements of various kinds, intending, 

 as we understood him, to take up his residence in our 

 neighbourhood : this instance of his confidence and 

 good-will gave us great pleasure, and we determined 

 to strengthen his attachment to us by every means in 

 our power. Soon after his arrival, he took Mr. Banks 

 by the hand, and leading him out of the line, signi- 

 fied that he should accompany him into the woods. 

 Mr. Banks readily consented, and having walked with 

 him about a quarter of a mile, they arrived at a kind 

 of awning which he had already set up, and which 

 seemed to be his occasional habitation. Here he 



