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when we were last here. From a supposition of its 

 being a boar, I had carried over a sow to leave with 

 him ; but on seeing my mistake, brought her back, 

 as the leaving her there would answer no end. 



Early in the morning of the 5th, our old friends 

 made us a visit, and brought a seasonable supply of 

 fish. At the same time I embarked in the pinnace 

 with Messrs. Forsters and Sparrman, in order to pro- 

 ceed up the sound. I was desirous of finding the ter- 

 mination of it ; or rather, of seeing if I could find any 

 passage out to sea bytheS.E., as I suspected from some 

 discoveries I had made when first here. In our way 

 up we met with some fishers, of whom we made the 

 necessary inquiry ; and they all agreed that there 

 was no passage to sea by the head of the sound. As 

 we proceeded, we some time after met a canoe, con- 

 ducted by four men, coming down the sound. These 

 confirmed what the others had said, in regard to there 

 being no passage to sea the way we were going ; but 

 gave us to understand that there was one to the east, 

 in the very place where I expected to find it. I now 

 laid aside the scheme of going to the head of the 

 sound, and proceeded to this arm, which is on the 

 S. E. side, about four or five leagues above the Isle of 

 Motuara. 



A little within the entrance on the S.E. side, at a 

 place called Kotieghenooee, we found a large settle- 

 ment of the natives. The chief; whose name was 

 Tringo-boohee, and his people, whom we found to 

 be some of those who had lately been on board the 

 ship, received us with great courtesy. They seemed 

 to be pretty numerous both here and in the neighbour- 

 hood. Our stay with them was short, as the inform- 

 ation they gave us encouraged us to pursue the ob- 

 ject we had in view. Accordingly, we proceeded 

 down the arm E. N.E. and E. by N., leaving several 

 fine coves on both sides, and at last found it to open 

 into the strait by a channel about a mile wide, in 

 which ran out a strong tide ; having also observed 



