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abreast of the ship. At this time I saw other canoes 

 putting oif from the shore, but I stood away to the 

 northward without waiting for their coming up. 



About three, I passed a remarkable head-land, 

 wliich I called Gable-End-Foreland, from the very 

 great likeness of the white cliif at the point, to the 

 gable-end of a house : it is not more remarkable for 

 its figure, than for a rock which rises like a spire at 

 a little distance. It lies from Cape Table N. 24 E. 

 distant about twelve leagues. The shore between 

 them forms a bay, within which lies Poverty Bay, at 

 the distance of four leagues from the head-land, and 

 eight from the Cape. At this place three canoes 

 came oif to us, and one man came on board ; we gave 

 him some trifles, and he soon returned to his boat, 

 which, with ail the rest, dropped astern. 



In the morning I made sail in shore, in order to 

 look into two bays, which appeared about two leagues 

 to the northward of the Foreland ; the southernmost 

 I could not fetch, but I anchored in the other about 

 eleven o'clock. 



Into this bay we were invited by the people on 

 board many canoes, who pointed to a place where 

 they said there was plenty of fresh water : I did not 

 find so good a shelter from the sea as I expected ; 

 but the natives who came about us, appearing to be 

 of a friendly disposition, I was determined to try 

 whether I could not get some knowledge of the 

 country here before I proceeded farther to the north- 

 ward. 



In one of the canoes that came about us as soon 

 as we anchored, we saw two men, who by their ha- 

 bits appeared to be chiefs : one of them was dressed 

 in a jacket, which was ornamented, after their man- 

 ner, with dog's skin ; the jacket of the other was al- 

 most covered with small tufts of red feathers. These 

 men I invited on board, and they entered the ship 

 with very little hesitation : I gave each of them about 

 four yards of linen, and a spike-nail j with the linen 



