FIRST VOYAGE 73 



which he declined. Having finished his business he sent 

 the boat away, and went by land with a midshipman, to join 

 the party that was getting water. In their way they met 

 with more than twenty of the natives, who followed them 

 so close as to come within a few yards of them. Mr. Gore 

 stopped and faced them ; on which the Indians stopped also, 

 and when he proceeded again they followed him ; but they 

 did not attack him, though they had each man his lance. 

 The Indians coming in sight of the waterers, stood still 

 at the distance of a quarter of a mile, while Mr. Gore and 

 his companion reached their shipmates in safety. 



Tupia, having learnt to shoot, frequently strayed alone to 

 shoot parrots, and the Indians constantly fled from him 

 with as much precipitation as from the English. 



They fished with great success here, and the second lieu- 

 tenant struck what is called the sting-ray, which weighed 

 near two hundred and fifty pounds. Soon after a fish of 

 the same kind was caught, which weighed three hundred 

 and fifty pounds. 



While Captain Cook remained in the harbour, the English 

 colours were displayed on shore daily, and the name of the 

 ship, with the date of the year, was carved on a tree near 

 the place where they took in their water. 



They sailed from Botany Bay, as Captain Cook had 

 named this place, on the 6th of May, 1770 ; at noon were off 

 a harbour, which they called Port Jackson, and in the 

 evening near a bay, to which they gave the name of Broken 

 Bay. On the 13th, they saw the smoke of many fires on a 

 point of land, which was therefore called Smoky Cape. As 

 they proceeded northward from Botany Bay, the land 

 appeared high and well covered with wood. Two days 

 after, the captain discovered a high point of land, which 

 he called Cape Byron. 



They had, for some days past, seen the sea-birds, called 

 boobies, which from half an hour before sunrising, to half an 

 hour after, were continually passing the ship in large flights ; 

 from which it was conjectured that there was a river or inlet 

 of shallow water to the southward, where they went to feed 

 in the day, returning in the evening to some islands to the 

 northward. In honour of Captain Hervey, this bay was 

 called Hervey 's Bay. 



The Captain and Tupia, with a party, went on shore the 

 23rd. They landed a little within the point of a bay, which 

 led into a large lagoon, by the sides of which grows the true 

 mangrove. There were many nests of a singular kind of ant, 

 as green as grass, in the branches of these mangroves, which 

 likewise afforded shelter for immense numbers of green 

 caterpillars their bodies were covered with hairs, which, on 



