46 A VISIT TO THE JNPIAN AUCHIPEUGO. 



obligiDg and civil, and sent their men to show us the best 

 sliooting-ground, — ^rather appcfiring to like our visit, 

 altUougli wc were not loug enough together to establish 

 implicit confidence in each othen 



On the 10th, liaving pulled and poled over a bar, and 

 lip a j?h allow salt-water creek, on the cast side of tlic bay, 

 a little to tlie nortliward of where we had anchored, we 

 landed a small shooting party, and were shown some 

 particularly Hkely-looking ground, covered with long 

 gi'ass, and intersected in all directions by the fresh tracks 

 of wild cattle. A hog was the res\dt of our sport ; bub 

 thi-ee large red deer made their appearance on the edge 

 of the jungle, just as the guns had been discharged at 

 our less dignified game. Wc were informedj that part of 

 the coast near Sinipan Manjiow was the best place for 

 deer and wild cattle : and as our principal object was to 

 establish friendly intercourse with the natives, wberever 

 practicable, we weighed in the evening with a light land- 

 breeze, and at eight the following morning anchored in 

 nine fatlioms, near the point of Simpan Manjiow, The 

 north-cast monaoon having set in, there was a heavy surf 

 breaking along the rocky beach. 



We discovered a bar about two miles to the southward, 

 on the east side of the cape, over which we found a safe 

 passage for the gig, leading into the entrance of a small 

 river. On getting inside the bar, we discovered, parallel 

 ivitb the line of surf, a smooth-water boat-channel, 

 affording a passage the whole way to the cape itself 



