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order to carry away with them. In the evening Mn 

 Banks walked up the river, which, at the mouth, looked 

 fine and broad, but at the distance of about two miles 

 was not deep enough to cover the foot ; and the 

 country inland was still more barren than at the sea 

 side. The seine and dredge were not more success- 

 ful to-day than yesterday, but the Indians in some 

 measure compensated for the disappointment by 

 bringing us several baskets of fish, some dry, and 

 some fresh dressed ; it was not indeed of the best, 

 but I ordered it all to be bought for the encourage- 

 ment of trade. 



On the 7th, the weather was so bad that none of 

 us left the ship, nor did any of the Indians come on 

 board. 



On the 8th, I sent a party of men on shore to wood 

 and water ; and in the mean time many canoes came 

 off, in one of which was our friend Toiava ; soon after 

 he was alongside of the ship, he saw two canoes com- 

 ing from the opposite side of the bay, upon which he 

 hasted back again to the shore with all his canoes, 

 telling us that he was afraid of the people who were 

 coming : this was a farther proof that the people of 

 this country were perpetually committing hostilities 

 against each other. In a short time, however, he re- 

 turned, having discovered that the people who had 

 alarmed him were not the same that he had supposed. 

 The natives that came to the ship this morning sold 

 us, for a few pieces of cloth, as much fish of the 

 mackerel kind as served the whole ship's company, 

 and they were as good as ever were eaten. At noon, 

 this day, I observed the sun's meridional zenith dis- 

 tance by an astronomical quadrant, which gave the 

 latitude 36° 47' 43'' within the south entrance of the 

 bay. 



Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander went on shore and 

 collected a great variety of plants, altogether un- 

 known, and not returning till the evening, had an 

 opportunity of observing in what manner the Indians 



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