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countenance, rolling tlieir eyes, thrusting out their 

 tongues, and often heaving loud and deep sighs ; 

 though all was done in very good time. 



On the 28th, we went ashore upon an island that 

 Jies to the left hand of the entrance of the bay, where 

 we saw the largest canoe that we had yet met with : 

 she was sixty-eight feet and a half long, five broad, and 

 three feet six high ; she had a sharp bottom, con- 

 sisting of three trunks of trees hollowed, of which 

 that in the middle was the longest : the side planks 

 were sixty-two feet long, in one piece, and were not 

 despicably carved in bas-relief; the head also was 

 adorned with carving still more richly. Upon this 

 island there was a larger house than any we had yet 

 seen ; but it seemed unfinished, and was full of chips. 

 The wood-work was squared so even and smooth, that 

 we made no doubt of their having among them very 

 sharp tools. The sides of the posts were carved in 

 a masterly style, though after their whimsical taste, 

 which seems to prefer spiril lines and distorted faces : 

 as these carved posts appeared to have been brought 

 from some other place, such work is probably of 

 great value among them. 



At four o'clock in the morning of the 29th, having 

 got on board our wood and water, and a large supply 

 of excellent celery, with which the country abounds, 

 and which proved a powerful antiscorbutic, I un- 

 moored and put to sea. 



This bay is called by the natives Tolaga ; it is 

 moderately large, and has from seven to thirteen 

 fathom, with a clean sandy bottom and good anchor- 

 age ; and is sheltered from all winds except the 

 north-east. It lies in latitude 38° 22' S. and four 

 leagues and a half to the north of Gable-end Fore- 

 land. On the south point lies a small but high island, 

 so near the main as not to be distinguished from iu 

 Close to the north end of the island, at the entrance 

 into the bay, are two high rocks ; one is round, like 

 a corn-stack, but the other is long, and perforated in 



