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hereabout, and well eovered with wood, the sea-shore making in clayey 
cliffs, upon which the surf broke very high. This bay was called Hawke's 
Bay. In the afternoon a canoe followed us with eighteen people in her 
armed with lances, but as they could not keep pace with us they gave up 
theirexpedition. In sailing along we could plainly distinguish land that was 
cultivated, parcelled out into square compartments, having some sorts of 
herbs growing upon them. On the 15th in the morning, we bent our course 
round a small peninsula which was joined to the mainland by a low 
isthmus, on which were many groves of tall straight trees, that looked as if 
they had been planted by art; and within side of it the water was quite 
smooth. We saw some very high ridges of hills streaked with snow, and 
when we had doubled the point of this peninsula, the low isthmus appeared 
again stretching a long way by the sea-side. The country looked very 
pleasant, having fine sloping hills which stretched out into beautiful green 
lawns, though not covered with wood, as other parts of the coast are. In the 
morning, while we were on the other side of the peninsula, nine canoes came 
off tous, in which were 160 of the natives ; they behaved in a very irresolute 
manner, sometimes seeming as if they would attack us, then taking fright 
and retreating a little, one half paddling one way, and the other half 
paddling another, shaking their lances and bone bludgeons at us, talking 
very loud and blustering, lolling out their tongues, and making other signs 
of defiance. We did all we could to make them peaceable but to no purpose, 
for they seemed at length resolved to do us some mischief ; coming along- 
side of the ship again and threatening us, we fired one of our guns loaded 
with grape-shot over their heads. They looked upon us for some time with 
astonishment, and then hastened away as fast as they could. By this time 
two other canoes came towards us, but stopped a little and held a conference 
with those that were returning, and then made up to us, leaving the rest at 
some distance, who seemed to wait their destiny. We made signs to them 
that we meant them no harm if they would behave peaceably, which they 
so well understood that they took all their weapons and put them into a 
canoe and sent it off while they came close to the ship. We threw them 
several kinds of things, but they were so timorous that they durst not 
venture on board, nor would they send anything to us. During this 
interview another canoe came up, threw a lance atthe stern of the ship, and 
made off again. The lance fell into the water and sunk immediately. * * * 
Their canoes had from eighteen to twenty-two men in them, and were 
adorned with fine heads made out of a thick board, cut through like filagree 
work, in spirals of very curious workmanship. At the end of this was a 
head with two large eyes of mother-of-pearl, and a large heart-shaped 
tongue. This figure went round the bottom of the board, and had feet and 
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