2i6 A VOYAGE TO THE 



c H^A P. ^y^s cleaned, and paid with a coat of tar, chalk, and train- 

 V- — ——^ oil, well boiled together. The fheathing-worm had en- 

 May", tered in fome places, but not fo much as I could have 

 expelled. 



When laft at the Sandwich Iflands I bought a double 

 Sunday 6. canoc, which was now fitted up, and I fent her with two 

 of the people into an adjacent creek, to catch crabs and 

 pick muffels ; they being the only retrefhment, the de- 

 coction of fpruce excepted, in our power to obtain : the 

 feine had been hauled repeatedly, but without fuccefs. 

 Towards noon I had the pleafure of feeing an Indian 

 come into the harbour in a fingle canoe ; he prefently 

 came along-fide, but brought nothing to barter, except a 

 little porpoife-blubber, which he feemed to confider as a 

 dainty. I made our vifiter a prefent which pleafed him 

 very much, and at the fame time endeavoured to make 

 him comprehend what kind of trade we wanted. He 

 feemed to underftand me, and left the fhip, well fatisfied 

 with his reception ; fo that I had hopes he would bring 

 others to us with fome trade. Great numbers of wild 

 geefe and ducks were flying about ; but they appeared 

 very fhy : indeed I did not chufe to fire at them, fearing 

 that the report of fire-arms might prevent any Indians 

 from coming into the harbour. 



Monday 7. By noon on the 7th the larboard fide of the fhip was 



finifhed ; and at high water we attempted to heave her 

 off, but fhe did not fleet ; on which, I ordered fome fait 

 water, that we had under the cables in the main-hold, to 

 be ftarted, to lighten her againft the night-tide ; being 

 pretty certain of her fleeting then ; as I had obferved the 

 2 night- 



