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1817. and it was not until they had reached some dis- 
Dec. 26. tance that they answered his call in loud shrill 
voices. After some time spent in a parley, in 
which Boongaree was spokesman on our part, 
sometimes in his own language, and at others 
in broken English, which he always resorted to 
when his own failed in being understood, they 
withdrew altogether, and we neither heard nor 
saw any thing more of them. 
27 . The next morning, the wind being easterly, 
we left the bay. On passing Red Point, twenty 
or thirty natives came to the extreme point 
of the cliff, shouting and hallooing and making 
violent gestures ; a large group of women and 
children appeared in the back ground, timidly 
concealing themselves behind the trees and 
bushes ; another party was quietly seated round 
small fires on the rocks near the sea-beach, 
apparently engaged in cooking their fish ; and 
at a little distance from the last group, two 
canoes were hauled upon the rocks. 
The breeze being fresh from the N.N.E., 
we made rapid progress ; and at three o’clock 
p.m., rounded Cape Howe, with every prospect 
of passing through Bass’ Strait before the wind 
should again veer to the westward. In passing 
Cape Howe, we observed large fires burning 
