1819. 
Oct. 5. 
316 SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
arm to the eastward of Vine Head, which trends 
in for one mile, and then examined the bay on its 
western side, which was found to be both shoal 
and rocky. We next rowed inside of Jar Island, 
whose peaked summit forms a very good mark 
for the channel between the Middle and Long 
Rocks. In pulling towards the west side of the 
bay, at the back of Jar Island, a native was per- 
ceived running along the rocky shore towards 
the point we were steering for; round which, as 
we passed it yesterday, there appeared to be a 
deep cove or inlet. As we pulled along the 
shore, we were amused in watching how nimbly 
the Indian leaped from rock to rock: he was 
alone and unarmed. At one time we pulled close 
to the shore, and endeavoured to entice him to 
approach us, but he stood looking at us from the 
summit of a rocky eminence close to the beach, 
without attending to our invitations ; and, upon 
our repeating them and resting on our oars, he 
retreated towards the smoke of a tire that was 
burning behind the mangroves on the south shore 
at the bottom of the inlet, into which we were 
pulling; on approaching it, we found that the 
native had already arrived and given the alarm 
to a family of Indians, consisting of three men, 
two women, and four children, who had been 
cooking their repast. 
