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,€Qlos.sel Statues which have excited so much ad- 

 miration. The busts in Cook's bay, on the west 

 coast, where we cast anchor, which distinguished 

 the landingrplace, and were seen by Lisianskoy, 

 no longer exist. 



Two canoes (wfi only saw three in all), each con? 

 taining two men, approached with signs of friend- 

 .ship, but without venturing near the ship. Numbers 

 .of the inhabitants swam round the boat, which was 

 sent out to sound, offering to barter with it. A 

 deceit of one of these traders was severely punished. 

 To effect a landing, we had another boat put out, 

 A numerous assemblage of peaceable people, 

 friendly, noisy, impatient, and disorderly, awaited 

 our arrival on shore. It is not our part to decide, 

 with La Peyrouse, if these cfiildish people are tq 

 be pitied, that they are more disorderly than their 

 brethren. It is certain that this circumstance 

 renders intercourse with them more difficult. We 

 approached the shore. Every one ran about, re- 

 joiced, and shouted i signs of peace, threatenings, 

 stone-throwing, and shots, testimonies of friendship, 

 were ex,changed. Numbers of them at last ventured 

 to swim round us in crowds, when trading began, 

 and was conducted with honesty. All of them 

 with the repeated cry o? Hoe! Hoe! desired knives, 

 or iron, for which they offered us in exchange 

 fruits, roots, and very neat fishing-nets. We got 

 on shore for a moment. 



The people who had been repiesented so ugly^ 



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