

OCT. 1769 POVERTY BAY 185 



drank over a quart of water apiece. Thus ended the most 

 disagreeable day my life has yet seen ; black be the mark 

 for it, and heaven send that such may never return to 

 embitter future reflection. 



IQth. The native boys, after being loaded with presents, 

 were put in the boats and rowed ashore by our men. They 

 at first begged hard not to be set ashore at the place where 

 we had landed yesterday, and to which we first rowed 

 to-day, but afterwards voluntarily landed there. The 

 natives again appeared threatening, but it was presently 

 discovered that they were friends of the boys we had 

 captured, and a peace was presently concluded by our 

 acceptance of green boughs which they presented to us ; a 

 not unimportant ratification apparently being the removal 

 by them of the body of the man killed yesterday, which had 

 remained till now on the same spot. 



11th. This morning we took leave of Poverty Bay, as we 

 named it, with not above forty species of plants in our boxes, 

 which is not to be wondered at, as we were so little ashore, 

 and always upon the same spot. The only time when we 

 wandered about a mile from the boats was upon a swamp 

 where not more than three species of plants were found. 



Several canoes put off from the shore, and came towards 

 us within less than a quarter of a mile, but could not at 

 first be persuaded to come nearer. At last one was seen 

 coming from Poverty Bay, or near it. She had only four 

 people in her, one of whom I well remembered to have seen 

 at our first interview on the rock. These never stopped to 

 look at anything, but came at once alongside of the ship, 

 and with very little persuasion came on board. Their 

 example was quickly followed by the rest, seven canoes in 

 all, and fifty men. Many presents were given to them, 

 notwithstanding which they very quickly sold almost every- 

 thing that they had with them, even their clothes from their 

 backs, and the paddles out of their boats. Arms they had 

 none, except two men, one of whom sold his 

 patoo patoo, as he called it, a short weapon of 

 green talc of this shape, intended, doubtless, for fighting 



