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next morning stood in for the land. AVe ran to lee- 

 ward of the island, keeping close in shore, and saw 

 several of the natives, though in no great numbers, 

 upon the beach. At nine o'clock I sent Mr. Gore, 

 one of my lieutenants, in the pinnace, to endeavour 

 to land upon the island, and learn from the natives 

 whether there was anchorage in a bay then in sight, 

 and what land lay farther to the southward. Mr. 

 Banks and Dr. Solander accompanied Mr. Gore in 

 this expedition, and as they thought Tupia might be 

 useful, they took him with them. 



As the boat approached the shore, those on board 

 perceived the natives to be armed with long lances : 

 as they did not intend to land till they got round a 

 point which runs out at a little distance, they stood 

 along the coast, and the natives, therefore, very pro- 

 bably thought they were afraid of them. They bad 

 now got together to the number of about sixty, and all 

 of them sat down upon the shore, except two, who were 

 dispatched forward to observe the motions of those in 

 the boat. These men, after walking abreast of her 

 some time, at length leaped into the water, and swam 

 towards her, but were soon left behind; two more then 

 appeared, and attempted to board her in the same man- 

 ner, but they also were soon left behind ; a fifth man 

 then ran forward alone, and having got a good way 

 a-head of the boat before he took to the water, easily 

 reached her. Mr, Banks urged the officer to take 

 him in, thinking it a good opportunity to get the 

 confidence and good-will of a people, who then 

 certainly looked upon them as enemies, but he ob- 

 stinately refused ; this man, therefore, was left behind 

 like the others, and so was a sixth, who followed 

 him. 



When the boat had got round the point, she per- 

 ceived that all her followers had desisted from the 

 pursuit : she now opened a large bay, at the bottom 

 of which appeared another body of men, armed with 

 long lances like the first. Here our people prepared to 



