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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. 
10th. 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, a8 he called it, a short weapon of tee, 
green talc of this shape, intended, doubtless, for fighting 
