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those of North America, in great quantities ; and the cloth 

 plant grows spontaneously. There was plenty of fish in the 

 bay, such as crabs, craw-fish, and skipjacks, or horse- 

 mackerel, which were larger than those upon our coasts. 



Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander visited their houses, and were 

 kindly received. Fish constituted their principal lood at 

 this time, and the root of a sort of fern served them for 

 bread ; which, when roasted upon a fire, and divested of 

 its bark, was sweet and clammy ; in taste not disagreeable, 

 but unpleasant, from its number of fibres. Vegetables were 

 doubtless, at other seasons plentiful. The women paint 

 their faces red, which, so far from increasing, diminishes 

 the very little beauty they have. The men's faces were not, 

 in general, painted, but some were rubbed over with red 

 ochre from head to foot, their apparel not excepted. The 

 women wore a girdle made of the blade of grass, under a 

 petticoat, and to this girdle was tied, in front, a bunch 

 of fragrant leaves. They seemed to hold chastity in 

 little estimation. 



The 22nd, in the evening, they sailed from this bay, which 

 by the natives, is called Tegadoo. The wind being contrary, 

 they put into another bay a little to the south, called by 

 the natives Tolaga, in order to complete their wood and 

 water, and extend their correspondence with the natives. 



On the 24th, Mr. Gore and the marines were sent on shore 

 to guard the p'eople employed in cutting wood and filling 

 water. Captain Cook, Mr. Banks, and the Doctor, also went 

 on shore. In their route they found in the vales many 

 houses uninhabited, the natives residing chiefly in slight 

 sheds on the ridges of the hills, which are very steep. In 

 a valley between two very high hills, they saw a curious rock 

 that formed a large arch, opposite to the sea. This cavity 

 was in length above seventy feet, in breadth thirty, and near 

 fifty in height ; it commanded a view of the hills, and the 

 bay, which had a very happy effect. Indeed, the whole 

 country about the bay is agreeable beyond description, 

 and, if properly cultivated, would be a most fertile spot. 

 Upon their return, they met an old man, who entertained 

 them with the military exercises of the natives, which are 

 performed with the patoo patoo and the lance. The former 

 is used as a battle-axe ; the latter is ten or twelve feet in 

 length, made of extreme hard wood, and sharpened at 

 each end. A stake was substituted for their old warrior's 

 supposed enemy ; he first attacked him with his lance, 

 when, having pierced him, the patoo patoo was used to 

 demolish his head, and the force with which he struck would, 

 at one blow, have split any man's skull. 



At the watering-place, the Indians, by desire, sung their 



