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him to encourage his subjects to bring us such 

 provision as we wanted ; but in this we found our- 

 selves sadly disappointed ; for after staying with him 

 till noon, we left him without being able to procure a 

 single article. I then proceeded to the north point 

 of the island, in the pinnace, having sent the long- 

 boat another way. As I went along, I picked up half 

 a dozen hogs, as many fowls, and some plantains and 

 yams. Having viewed and sketched the harbour on 

 this side of the island, I made the best of my way 

 back with the long-boat, which joined me soon after 

 it was dark ; and about ten o'clock at night we got 

 on board the ship. 



In this excursion Mr. Banks was not with us : he 

 spent the morning on board the ship, trading with 

 the natives, who came off in their canoes, for pro- 

 visions and curiosities ; and, in the afternoon, he went 

 on shore with his draughtsmen, to sketch the dresses 

 of the dancers which he had seen a day or two 

 before. He found the company exactly the same, 

 except that another woman had been added to it : 

 the dancing also of the women was the same, but the 

 interludes of the men were somewhat varied ; he saw 

 five or six performed, which were different from each 

 other, and very much resembled the drama of our 

 stage dances. The next day, he went ashore again, 

 with Dr. Solander, and they directed their course 

 towards the dancing company, which, from the time 

 of our second landing, had gradually moved about 

 two leagues in their course round the island. They 

 saw more dancing, and more interludes, the interludes 

 still varying from each other : in one of them the 

 performers, who were all men, were divided into two 

 parties, which were distinguished from each other by 

 the colour of their clothes, one being brown, and the 

 other white. The brown party represented a master 

 and servants, and the white party a company of 

 thieves : the master gave a basket of meat to the rest 

 of his party> with a charge to take care of it : the 



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