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every morning with oat- meal and portable broth for 

 breakfast, and with peas and broth every day for 

 dinner for the whole crew, over and above their usual 

 allowance of salt malt. 



In the afternoon, as Mr. Wales was setting up his 

 observatory, he discovered that several trees, which 

 were standing when we last sailed from this place, 

 had been cut down with saws and axes ; and a few 

 days after, the place where an observatory, clock, 

 &c. had been set up, was also found, in a spot dif- 

 ferent from that where Mr. Wales had placed his. It 

 was therefore now no longer to be doubted that the 

 Adventure had been in this cove after we had left it. 



Next day, winds southerly, hazy cloudy weather. 

 Every body went to work at their respective employ- 

 ments, one of which was to caulk the ship's sides, a 

 thing much wanted. The seams were paid with put- 

 ty, made with cook's fat and chalk ; the gunner hap- 

 pening to have a quantity of the latter on board. 



The 21st, wind southerly, with continual rains. 



The weather being fair in the afternoon of the 

 22d, accompanied by the botanists, I visited our gar- 

 dens on Motuara, which we found almost in a state 

 of nature, having been wholly neglected by the in- 

 habitants. Nevertheless, many articles were in a 

 flourishing condition, and showed how well they liked 

 the soil in which they were planted. None of the 

 natives having yet made their appearance, we made 

 a fire on the point of the island ; in hopes, if they 

 saw the smoke, they might be induced to come to us. 



Nothing remarkable happened till the 24th, when, 

 in the morning, two canoes were seen coming down 

 the sound ; but as soon as they perceived the ship, 

 they retired behind a point on the west side. After 

 breakfast I went in a boat to look for them ; and as 

 we proceeded along the shore, we shot several birds. 

 The report of the muskets gave notice of our ap- 

 proach, and the natives discovered themselves in 

 Shag Cove by hallooing to us ; but as we drew near 



