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tain, that the horrid banquet of human flefli, is as much ,»77«- 



■*• January. 



relithed here, amidft plenty, as it is in New Zealand. v. — - — •* 



In the afternoon, I fent Lieutenant Gore, with three 

 armed boats, to look for the mod convenient landing-place; 

 and, when on fliore, to fearch for fre£h water. In the 

 evening he returned, having landed at the village above 

 mentioned, and acquainted me, that he had been condutfled 

 to a well half a mile up the country; but, by his account, 

 the quantity of water it contained was too inconfiderablc 

 for our purpofe, and the road leading to it exceedingly bad. 



On the 3cth, I fent Mr. Gore afhore again, with a guard inday ^y, 

 of mariners, and a party to trade with the natives for re- 

 frelhments. I intended to have followed foon after, and 

 went from the fliip with that dcfign. Cut the furf had in- 

 creafed fo much, by this time, that I was fearful, if I got 

 aQaore, I fliould not be able to get off again. This really 

 happened to our people who had landed with Mr. Gore, 

 the communication between them and the fhips, by our 

 own boats, being foon flopped, hi the evening, they made 

 a fignal for the boats, which were fent accordingly; and, not 

 long after, they returned with a few yams and fomc fait. 

 A tolerable quantity of both had been procured in the courfe 

 of the day ; but the furf was fo great, that the greateft part 

 of both thefe articles had been loft in conveying them to the 

 boats. The officer and twenty men, deterred by the dan- ♦ 

 ger of coming olF, were left afliore all night; and, by this 

 unfortunate circumflance, the very thing happened, which, 

 as I have already mentioned, I wifhed fo heartily to pre- 

 vent, and vainly imagined I had eifeclually guarded againft. 

 The violence of the furf, which our own boats could not 

 ad againil, did not hinder the natives from coming off to 



