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»77'' I found a large village, and, before it, a very fnug har- 



April. 



bour, in whicli was from nine to four fathoms water, over 

 a bottom of fine fand. The pcopli: of this village, who 

 were numerous, and to moft of whom I was well known, 

 received me very courteoufly ; every one prcffing me to go 

 into his houfe, or rather his apartment ; for feveral families 

 live under the fame roof. I did not declir. ' the invitations ; and 

 my hofpitable friends, whom I vifited, fprcad a mat for rae 

 to fit down upon, and fliewed me every other mark of civility. 

 In moft of the houfes were women at work, making drcfles 

 of the plant or bark before mentioned, which they executed 

 exadlly in the fame manner that the New Zealanders ma- 

 nufacfture their cloth. Others were occupied in opening 

 fardines. I had feen a large quantity of them brought on 

 fhore from canoes, and divided by mcafure amongft feveral 

 people, who carried them up to their houfes, where the 

 operation of curing them by fmoke-drying is performed. 

 They hang them on fmall rods ; at firft, about a foot from 

 the fire; afterward they remove them higher and higher, to 

 make room for others, till the rods, on which the fifli hang, 

 reach the top of the houfe. When they are completely 

 dried, they are taken down and packed clofe in bales, which 

 they cover with mats. Thus they are kept till wanted ; and 

 they are not a difagreeable article of food. Cod, and other 

 large fifh, are alfo cured in the fame manner by them ; 

 ■though they fometimcs dry thefe in the open air, without 

 fire. 



From this village I proceeded up the Weft fide of the 

 Sound. For about three miles, I found the fliore covered 

 with fmall iflands, which arc fo fituated as to form feveral 

 convenient harbours, having various depths of water, from 

 thirty to fcven fathoms, with a good bottom. Two leagues 

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