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deration, formed, of carrying the Ihips into Adventure 1777- 
Bay, where I might expert to get a fupply of wood and of . J an ^ uar} \ 
grafs for the cattle; of both which articles we fhould, as 
I now found, have been in great want, if I had waited till 
our arrival in New Zealand. We therefore hood for the 
bay, and anchored in it at four o’clock in the afternoon, 
in twelve fathoms water, over a bottom of fand and ooze. 
Penguin Illand, which lies clofe to the Eaffc point of the 
bay, bore North 84° Eaffc; the Southernmoffc point of 
Maria’s Illands bore North 76° \ Eaft; and Cape Frederic 
Henry, or the North point of the bay, bore North 33 0 Eaft. 
Our dillance from the neared: fhore was about three quar¬ 
ters of a mile. 
As foon as we had anchored, I ordered the boats to be 
hoifted out. In one of them I went myfelf, to look for the 
moll commodious place for furnilhing ourfelves with the 
necellary fupplies; and Captain Clerke went in his boat 
upon the fame fervice. Wood and water we found in 
plenty, and in lituations convenient enough, efpecially the 
firft. But grafs, of which we flood moll in need, was fcarce, 
and a^fo very coarfe. Necellity, however, obliged us to 
take fuch as we could get. 
Next morning early, I fent Lieutenant King to the Eall Mondays 
lide of the bay with two parties ; one to cut wood, and the 
other to cut grafs, under the protection of the marines, 
whom I judged it prudent to land as a guard. For although, 
as yet, none of the natives had appeared, there could be no 
doubt that fome were in our neighbourhood, as we had 
feen columns of fmoke, from the time of our approaching 
the coaft; and fome now was obferved, at no great dillance 
up in the woods. I alfo fent the launch for water; and 
afterward 
