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up and frefiiened at South Eaft, which put it in my power '777- 



to carry into execution the defign I had, upon due confidera- ' ^ — ' 



tion, formed, of carrying the fliips into Adventure Bay, where 

 I might expecft to get a fupply of wood and of grafs for the 

 cattle ; of both which articles we fhould, as I now found, 

 have been in great want, if I had waited till our arrival in 

 New Zealand. We therefore flood for the bay, and an- 

 chored in it at four o'clock in the afternoon, in twelve fa- 

 thoms water, over a bottom of fand and oufe. Penguin 

 Illand, which lies clofe to the Eaft point of the bay, bore 

 North 84° Eaft ; the Southernmofl. point of Maria's L^ands 

 bore North 76° l Eaft; and Cape Frederic Elenry, or the 

 North point of the bay, bore North 33° Eaft. Our diftance 

 from the neareft fhore was about three quarters of a mile. 



As foon as we had anchored, I ordered the boats to be 

 hoifted out. In one of them I went myfelf, to look for the 

 moft commodious place for furnifliing ourfelves with the 

 neceffary fupplies; and Captain Clerke went in his boat 

 upon the fame fervice. Wood and water we found in 

 plenty, and in lituations convenient enough, efpecially the 

 firft. But grafs, of which we flood moft in need, was fcarce, 

 and alfo very coarfe. Neceffity, however, obliged us to 

 take fuch as we could get. 



Next morning early, I fent Lieutenant King to the Eaft Monday 27. 

 fide of the bay with two parties j one to cut wood, and the 

 other to cut grafs, under the protecflion of the marines, 

 •whom I judged it prudent to land as a guard. For alrhough, 

 as yet, none of the natives had'appeared, there could be no 

 doubt that fome were in our neighbourhood, as-we had 

 feen columns of fmoke, from the time of our approaching 

 the coaft; and fome now was obfcrved, at no great diftance 



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