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one setting down the arm, all the time we had been 

 in it. It was now about four o'clock in the after- 

 noon ; and in less than an hour after, this tide ceased, 

 and was succeeded by the flood, which came in with 

 equal strength. 



The outlet lies S. E. by E., and N. W. by W., and 

 nearly in the direction of E. S. E., and W. N. W. 

 from Cape Terrawhitte. We found thirteen fa- 

 thoms water a little within the entrance, clear 

 ground. It seemed to me that a leading wind was 

 necessary to go in and out of this passage, on ac- 

 count of the rapidity of the tides. I, however, had 

 but little time to make observations of this nature, as 

 night was at hand, and I had resolved to return on 

 board. On that account, I omitted visiting a large 

 hippa, or strong-hold, built on an elevation on the 

 north side, and about a mile or two within the en- 

 trance. The inhabitants of it, by signs, invited us 

 to go to them ; but, without paying any regard to 

 them, we proceeded directly for the ship, which we 

 reached by ten o'clock, bringing with us some fish we 

 had got from the natives, and a few birds we had shot. 

 Amongst the latter, were some of the same kind of 

 ducks we found in Dusky Bay ; and we have reason 

 to believe that they are all to be met with here. For 

 the natives knew them all by the drawings, and had a 

 particular name for each. 



On the 6th, wind at N.E., gloomy weather with 

 rain. Our old friends having taken up their abode 

 near us, one of them, whose name was Pedero, (a 

 man of some note,) made me a present of a staff of 

 honour, such as the chiefs generally carry. In re- 

 turn, I dressed him in a suit of old clothes, of which 

 he was not a little proud. He had a fine person 

 and a good presence; and nothing but his colour dis- 

 tinguished him from an European. Having got him 

 and another into a communicative mood, we b§gan 

 to enquire of them if the Adventure had been there 

 during my absence, and they gave us to understand 



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