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1820. of the reverse, our situation must have been at- 
Juiy 20. tended with more serious damage, if not our total 
loss; and therefore, comforted by an ideal se- 
curity, we consoled ourselves under our compa- 
ratively good fortune. 
21. The next day was spent in watering, getting 
provisions to hand in the hold, and refitting some 
temporary damage to the rigging. Mr. Hunter 
and Mr. Cunningham ranged about the vicinity 
of the shore whilst Mr. Roe, with a boat’s crew, 
was employed in filling our empty water-casks 
from a gully at the back of the beach. 
Soon after the watering-party commenced their 
work, some shrill voices were heard near them 
among the trees : in a short time two natives 
made their appearance, and were easily per- 
suaded to approach. They were unarmed, and 
communicated with confidence, and apparently 
were disposed to be friendly ; one of them gave 
Mr. Roe a fishing-line spun and twisted of strips 
of bark, to the end of which was attached a hook 
made from a turtle-shell. 
Our gentlemen revisited the shore in the after- 
noon, but without seeing the natives. In Wan- 
dering about, they discovered some stumps of 
trees close to the beach, that bore marks of hav- 
ing been felled with a sharp instrument; and 
near some huts they found several strips of can- 
