FIEE-WOOD— COALS TIMBER. 347 



shillings per carga of three hundred and sixty 

 billets, two and a half feet long each, weighing 

 1300 lbs. 



From Penco we sailed along the eastern side 

 of the bay till we reached Tome, a small snug 

 cove in the most picturesque situation, surround- 

 ed by rocks and magnificent trees, with a little 

 village at the upper corner, almost hid in the fo- 

 liage. A party of us landed at some distance from 

 the houses, to walk along the beach ; but we were 

 4Soon benighted, and our course being interrupted 

 by a creek, we were reduced to a considerable di- 

 lemma ; until the natives, hearing us shout to 

 them for assistance, came in their canoes and fer- 

 ried us over to the village, where a great crowd 

 soon assembled to see the strangers, and to offer 

 their timber for sale. 



While our bargains about the logs of wood were 

 going on, we turned to look at the moon, nearly 

 at the full, which had just risen above the trees, 

 accompanied by the planets Jupiter and Saturn ; 

 and we were admiring the same scenery, now 

 brightly illuminated, which we had passed through 

 in the dark ; when one of the natives, somewhat 



