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violent gestures and pressing invitations for our 
return ; but we continued on our way, and dis- 
regarded all their solicitations. They were evi- 
dently very much disappointed, since they ex- 
pected to get some axes from us, for they made the 
same signs as the Luxmore Head natives had done 
by repeatedly imitating the action of chopping. 
On the south shore there were some women and 
children, under the protection of two natives, 
whose voices were also loudly raised for our 
recal. The natives on our side were unarmed, 
but two bundles of spears were detected, propped 
up against a tree, close at hand. After some time 
they waded back to the shore, and slowly walked 
towards our wooding-place, where they, of course, 
found a chisel that had purposely been left for 
them upon the stump of a tree which had been 
felled by our wooding-party. 
As soon as we crossed the bar we anchored, 
in order to obtain some lunar distances to fix the 
longitude of the port, as well as to bring up and 
complete the chart of this part of the coast. 
During the day, the natives remained at our 
wooding-place, and set the bushes on fire, the 
smoke of which enveloped the horizon and the 
neighbouring coast. 
The names of Port Hurd and Mount Hurd 
1818 . 
May 25 . 
