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powder, continued neverLlielers their traffic. 

 It had been dark for upwards' of half an hour, 

 M'hen they paddled away, direcTiing their courfe 

 towards zhc cr.ai\. 



As wc cont'iiued lying to, we founded at 

 different tin cs , and the depth of water was con- 

 flantly from tlLirs) -three to forty-fix fathoms, 

 over a fi::e faudy bottom. 



To the land brec/xs, which blew faintly 

 during the night, fucceeded, about break of day 

 on the 13th, fome north-wefrerly winds. We 

 were yet very near the coaft, and it would have 

 been cafy for us to go ana anchor in Lauriflon 

 Bay ; but the melancholy events that had be- 

 fallen Captain Marion, and afterwards Cap- 

 tain FiinieT'UX, determined the Admiral not to 

 put in til ere. 



riowever, I ccnfidered it my duty to repre- 

 fcnt to him how important it Mould be to take 

 on I. aid, at New Zealand, the liliaceous plant, 

 known bv the name of i bcrniiiiin ienax ( Nnv 7.ca- 



J. \ 



liUil jlax-t'drt} , in order to convey it to Europe 

 where it voiild tlirive very v.eil. The tl'. reads 

 that arc .Irawn from its leaves are much llroiiger 

 than P'ly otl jr vegetable productions employed 

 in !r.?kii^:j cordage; the cables v.hich might 

 be manuf iC .ured of them, would bear the greatcfl 

 i'raiii. 1- V.I one ought to have been more ^^n- 

 j'.Mo tl';iri che Commander of the expedition. 



