]74 FIRST DISCOVERY OF PORT OAVEY, ETC. 



Women for their own use' and Benefit to select any of 

 them they thought proper to Cohabit with as their Wives 

 — In fact a Large Number of Children had been produced 

 betwen these people the White man and the Black 

 Woman and a fine active Race of People they Were Both 

 for Hunting Kangaroo" and Catching Seals the men good 

 Boat men the Women Good assistants to them, they were 

 of a Light Copper Colour and Generally Verry good 

 Looking — 14th Jamiary, Launched from, Swan" Island 

 with a Moderate Breze at North West and Steered along 

 Shore to the South East, Soon after Leaving the Island 

 we saw Smokes on the Shore and Some Natives walking 

 on the Beach Which we Supposed to be our friend 

 Lam an and his tribe they Called and made Signals to us 

 to Come on Shore but we took no Notice of them Having 

 had so Narrow an Escape" the Day before Just Before 

 Sun Set we hauled up on King George" Island or Rocks 

 on a Small Sandy Beach" Not Wishing to give a Chance 

 to Mr. Tolobunganah" to Serve us as Mr. Lamanbun- 

 ganah" had Done the Day before for While we were on 

 the Island we were Safe from thair atacks — Here we 

 found a Large Number of Seals Laying on the Rocks 

 Basking in the Sun, but having no Salt with us to Cure 

 the Skins we thought it useless to Kill them, on the fol- 

 lowing Day the — 15th January the Wind Set in at South 

 East and fine Weather 



We thought it Needless to Lay Idle" with a foul 

 Wind and being Provided with Knives Steels and Clubs" 

 and Being all old Hands at Sealing into the Bargain, we 

 Commenced Killing and flinching" the Skin from the Body 

 and Streching it out on the Grass with Wooden pegs it 

 was Dried in the Sun and in one day Became Perfectly 

 Cured this day by the above Process we Killed flinched 

 and Peged out thirty Skins the following Day — 16th 

 Januai-y we Killed flinched and Peged out twenty five 

 Seal Skins — Wind Southerly and fine Weather — Several 

 Smokes on the Shore oposite the Island and a Largo 

 Number of Natives on the Beach this day Caught ten 

 young Cape Barren Geese" Which afforded us fresh Grub 

 and with a little of the Majors fine pork we lived Sump- 

 tuously. 



17th January this Day Wind South East and fine 

 Weather found the Seals geting Shy of Coming up on the 

 Rocks we gave them a Rest as it would not do to Storm 

 them only at Low Water — at Noon — Launched the Boat 

 and Went over to see the Natives and took with us four 

 Seals Carcases that had been Skined and four young Pups 

 alive about three Weeks old, we did not go Closeer to the 



