1770. JIOUND THE WORLD. 381 



and he readily complied : it was of a circular form, 

 extended by two hoops, and about seven or eight feet 

 in diameter : the top was open, and sea-ears were fas- 

 tened to the bottom as a bait : this he let down so as 

 to lie upon the ground, and when he thought fish 

 enough were assembled over it, he drew it up by a 

 very gentle and even motion, so that the fish rose 

 with it, scarcely sensible that they were lifted, till 

 they came very near the surface of the water, and 

 then were brought out in the net by- a sudden jerk. 

 By this simple method, he had caught abundance of 

 fish, and, indeed, they are so plenty in this bay, 

 that the catching them requires neither much labour 

 nor art. 



This day, some of our people found in the skirts 

 of the wood, near a hole or oven, three human hip- 

 bones, which they brought on board ; a farther proof 

 that these people eat human flesh : Mr. Monkhouse, 

 our surgeon, also brought on board, from a place 

 where he saw many deserted houses, the hair of a 

 man's head, which he had found, among many other 

 things, tied up to the branches of trees. 



In the morning of the 19th, we set up the ar- 

 mourer's forge to repair the braces of the tiller, and 

 other iron-work, all hands on board being still busy 

 in careening, and other necessary operations about 

 the vessel : this day, some Indians came on board 

 from another part of the bay, where they said there 

 was a town which we had not seen: they brought 

 plenty of fish, which they sold for nails, having now 

 acquired some notion of their use ; and in this traffic 

 no unfair practice was attempted. 



In the morning of the 20th, our old man kept his 

 promise, and brought on board four of the heads of 

 the seven people who had been so much the subject 

 of our inquiries: the hair and flesh were entire, but 

 we perceived that the brains had been extracted; the 

 flesh was soft, but had by some method been pre- 

 served from putrefaction, for it had no disagreeable 



