140 Kennedy's expedition. 



what I afterwards saw of their habits^ that their 

 cookery is confined to roasting* and baking-. In 

 the camp were several larg'e shells for holding* 

 water^ and some calabashes^ made by taking* out the 

 inside of a kind of g*ourd which g*rows plentifully 

 near the camp. These calabashes would hold from 

 one to three pints each. 



Jwie 12th. — This morning* Taylor endeavoured 

 to cross the river with the rope for working* our punt^ 

 but althoug'h an expert swimmer^ and a very strong* 

 man^ he was unable to do so, from the streng*th 

 of the tide which Avas running* out. We saw 

 several natives fishing* in the river fi*om their canoes, 

 which are about five feet long* and one and a-half 

 feet Avide, made of bark, with small sapling's tied 

 along* the side, and are paddled with small pieces 

 of bark held in either hand. We made sig*ns to 

 them to come to us, with which three of them 

 complied. We made them understand that if they 

 Avould take our rope across, and make it fast to 

 a dead tree on the other side of the river, Ave would 

 g*ive them a tomahaAvk. They consented to under- 

 take the task, and after g*reat exertion succeeded 

 in performing* it, and received their rcAvard, Avith 

 Avhich they seemed quite satisfied and hig*hly 

 pleased. AVe succeeded in g*etting* everj^thing* 

 across the river by 10 o'clock p.m., for the moon 

 being* up, Ave Avould not stop till we had finished. 

 Our horses Ave took about a quarter of a mile up tlie 

 river, and they crossed where it was narroAver and 



