VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



tor it was found in the ftate in which it had 

 been left. In the fame place were alfo found one 

 of the knives, and the handkerchiefs, that had 

 been put among their effecls the day before. 



A few fhots fired at tome birds, no doubt 

 ipread terror among thefe favages; for a boat 

 from our fhip went to the fame fpot two days 

 after, and met with none of them. 



On the 2 2d of May, the launch was fent to 

 water at the head of a cove recently difcovered 

 to the weftward. I availed myfelf of this oppor- 

 tunity to go and vilit this place, which was near 

 a myriamcter diflant from the anchorage. It forms 

 a harbour of the breadth of three hectometers by 

 a kilometer in depth, and there is fufficient water 

 in it to admit large fhips to anchor. A rivulet 

 brought towards its extremity very good water, 

 which it was not eafy to procure, becaufe, to have 

 it in all its purity, it was necefTary to roll the 

 eafks partly in the mud, to the ditlance of up- 

 wards of three hectometers from the boat. The 

 people might have been fpared this labour, 

 which was prejudicial to their health, by making 

 ufe of long canvas hd&s, or of leather pipes, by 

 means of which it would have been eafv to con- 

 the water into the launch. Navigators 

 will be lcxifiblc of all the importance of this pre- 

 dion, efpecially when the impoffibility of af- 

 cending different rivers with boats, forces them 



to 



