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shore ; the people on board said, that they knew 

 Toiava very well, and called Tupia by his name. I 

 invited some of them on board ; and as they knew 

 they had nothing to fear from us, while they behaved 

 honestly and peaceably, they immediately complied : 

 I made each of them some presents, and dismissed 

 them much gratified. Other canoes afterwards came 

 up to us from a different side of the bay ; and the 

 people on board of these also mentioned the name of 

 Toiava, and sent a young man into the ship, who 

 told us he was his grandson, and he also was dis- 

 missed with a present. 



After having run about five leagues from the place 

 where we had anchored the night before, our depth 

 of water gradually decreased to six fathom ; and not 

 choosing to go into less, as it was tide of flood, and 

 the wind blew right up the inlet, 1 came to an an- 

 chor about the middle of the channel, which is near 

 eleven miles over ; after which I sent two boats out 

 to sound, one on one side, and the other on the 

 other. 



The boats not having found above three feet more 

 water than we were now in, I determined to go no 

 farther with the ship, but to examine the head of the 

 bay in the boats ; for, as it appeared to run a good 

 way inland, I thought this a favourable opportunity 

 to examine the interior part of the country, and its 

 produce. 



At day-break, therefore, I set out in the pinnace 

 and long-boat, accompanied by Mr. Banks, Dr. So- 

 lander, and Tupia ; and we found the inlet end in a 

 river, about nine miles above the ship : into this 

 river we entered with the first of the flood, and within 

 three miles found the water perfectly fresh. Before 

 we had proceeded more than one third of that dis- 

 tance, we found an Indian town, which was built 

 upon a small bank of dry sand, but entirely sur- 

 rounded by a deep mud, which possibly the inhabi- 

 tants might consider as a defence. These people, as 



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