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1777. The next day we were vifited by a tribe or family, con- 
^February^ 0 f about thirty perfons, men, women, and children, 
who came from the upper part of the Sound. I had never 
feen them before. The name of their Chief was Toma- 
tongeauooranuc; a man of about forty-five years of age, 
with a cheerful open countenance. And, indeed, the reft 
of his tribe were, in general, the handfomeft of the New 
Zealand race I had ever met with. 
By this time more than two-thirds of the inhabitants of 
the Sound had fettled themfelves about us. Great num¬ 
bers of them daily frequented the Blips, and the encamp¬ 
ment on ftiore : but the latter became, by far, the moft 
favourite place of refort, while our people there were 
melting fome feal blubber. No Greenlander was ever 
fonder of train-oil, than our friends here feemed to be. 
They relifhed the very fkimmings of the kettle, and dregs 
of the calks; but a little of the pure ftinking oil was a 
delicious feaft, fo eagerly defired, that I fuppofe it is fel- 
dom enjoyed. 
Having got on board as much hay and grafs as we 
judged fufhcient to ferve the cattle till our arrival at Ota- 
heite, and having completed the wood and water of both 
Sunday 23. Blips, on the 23d we ftruck our tents, and carried every 
Monday 24. thing off from the ftiore; and next morning we weighed 
anchor, and flood out of the Cove. But the wind not being 
very fair, and finding that the tide of ebb would be fpent 
before we could get out of the Sound, we caft anchor again 
a little without the ill and Motuara, to wait for a more fa¬ 
vourable opportunity of putting into the ftrait. 
While we were unmooring and getting under fail, To- 
matongeauooranuc, Matahouah, and many more of the 
natives, came to take their leave of us, or rather to obtain, 
if they could, fome additional prefents from us before we 
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