170 COOK’s VOYAGE. 
Ihould think fit : this put us all into high fpirits, and the li- 
quor circulated rather taller than either .the Indians or the Sa- 
xcn could bear ; they intimated their delire to go away, how- 
ever, before they were quite drunk, and were received upon 
deck, as they had been when they came on board, by the ma- 
rines under arms. The King expreft'ed acuriefity to fee them 
exercife, in which he was gratified, and they fired three, 
rounds : he looked at them with great attention, and was 
much furprifed at their regularity and expedition, efpecially 
in cocking their pieces ; the firft time they did it, he ftruck 
the fide of the fit ip with a Hick that he had in his hand, and 
cried out with great vehemence, that all the locks made but 
one click. They were difmiffed with many prefents, and 
when they went away faluted with nine guns : Mr. Banks and 
Dr. Solander went afhore with them ; and as focn as they put 
ofF they gave us three cheers. 
Our Gentlemen, when they came afhore, walked up with 
them to the town, which confiils of many houfes, and fome 
of them are large ; they are however nothing more than a 
thatched roof, fupported. over a boarded floor, by pillars about 
four feet high. They produced fome of their palm-wine, 
which was the frefh, unfermented juice of the tree ; it had a 
fweet, but not a difagreeable take ; and hopes were conceived 
that it might contribute to recover our fick from the feurvy. 
Soon after it was dark, Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander returned 
on board. 
In the morning of the igth, I went afhore with Mr. Banks, 
and feveral of the officers and gentlemen, to return the king’s 
vifit ; but my chief buflnefs was to procure fome of the buffa- 
loes, fheep and fowls, which we had been told fhould be driven 
down to the beach. We were greatly mortified to find that no 
fleps had been taken to fulfill this promife ; however, we pro- 
ceeded to the houfe of aftembly, which with two or three more 
had been erebted by the Dutch Eaft India company, and are 
diftinguifhed from the reft by two pieces of wood rcfembling a 
pair of cow’s horns, one of which is fet up at each end of the 
ridge that terminates the roof ; and thefc were certainly what 
the Indian intended to reprefen t by crofting his fingers, though 
our Portuguefe, who was a good Catholic, conftrued the fign 
into a crofs, which had perfuaded us that the fettlement be- 
longed to his countrymen. In this place we met Mr. Lange, 
and the King, whole name was A Madocho Lomi Djara, at- 
tended by rpany of the principal people. We told them that we 
had in the boat goods of various kinds, which we propofedto 
barter for fuch refrefhments as they would give us in exchange, 
and defired leave to bring them on fhore ; which being granted, 
they were brought afhore accordingly. We then attempted 
tp fettle the price of the buffaloes, fheep, hogs *nd other 
