194 NEW ZEALAND CHAP, vin 



29th. Our water having been got on board the day 

 before yesterday, and nothing done yesterday but getting a 

 small quantity of wood and a large supply of excellent 

 celery, with which this country abounds, we this morning 

 sailed. 



30th. Before noon we passed by a cape which the 

 captain judged to be the easternmost point of the country, 

 and therefore called it East Cape, at least till another is 

 found which better deserves that name. 



1st November. Just at nightfall we were under a small 

 island, from whence came off a large double canoe, or rather 

 two canoes lashed together at a distance of about a foot, 

 and covered with boards so as to make a kind of deck. 

 She came pretty near the ship, and the people in her talked 

 with Tupia with much seeming friendship ; but when it 

 was just dark they ran the canoe close to the ship and 

 threw in three or four stones, after which they paddled 

 ashore. 



2nd. Passed this morning between an island and the 

 main, which appeared low and sandy, with a remarkable hill 

 inland : flat and smooth as a molehill, though very high and 

 large. Many canoes and people were seen along shore. 

 Some followed us, but could not overtake us. A sailing 

 canoe that had chased us ever since daybreak then came up 

 with us, and proved the same double canoe which had 

 pelted us last night, so that we prepared for another volley 

 of their ammunition, dangerous to nothing on board but our 

 windows. The event proved as we expected, for after having 

 sailed with us an hour they threw their stones again. A 

 musket was fired over them and they dropped astern, not, I 

 believe, at all frightened by the musket, but content with 

 having showed their courage by twice insulting us. We 

 now begin to know these people, and are much less afraid 

 of any daring attempt from them than we were. 



The country appeared low, with small cliffs near the 

 shore, but seemingly very fertile inland ; we saw plainly 

 with our glasses villages larger than any we had before 

 seen, situated on the tops of cliffs in places almost in- 



