A VOYA G E T O 
the North end of our large ill and, upon the main land, i 
obferved a village, and there I landed. The inhabitants of 
it were not fo polite as thofe of the other I had juft viftted. 
But this cold reception feemed, in a great meafure, if not 
entirely, owing to one furly Chief, who would not let me 
enter their houfes, following me wherever I went; and fe- 
veral times, by expreflive ftgns, marking his impatience 
that I fhould be gone. I attempted in vain to footh him by 
prefents; but though he did not refufe them, they did not 
alter his behaviour. Some of the young women, better 
pleafed with us than was their inhofpitable Chief, drefted 
themfelves expeditioufly in their beft apparel, and, aflem- 
bling in a body, welcomed us to their village, by joining in 
a fong, which was far from harfh or difagreeable. 
The day being now far fpent, I proceeded for the blips, 
round the North end of the large ill and; meeting, in my 
way, with feveral canoes laden with fardines, which had 
been juft caught, fomewhere in the Eaft corner of the 
Sound. When I got on board, I was informed, that, while 
I was abfent, the blips had been vibted by fome ftrangers, 
in two or three large canoes, who, by hgns, made our peo¬ 
ple underhand that they had come from the South Eaft, be¬ 
yond the bay. They brought feveral ikins, garments, and 
other articles, which they bartered. But what was molt hn- 
gular, two hlver table-fpoons were purchafed from them, 
which, from their peculiar Ihape, we fuppofed to be of Spa- 
nilh manufacture. One of thefe ftrangers wore them round 
his neck, by way of ornament. Thefe vihters alfo aj^pear- 
ed to be more plentifully fupplied with iron than the inha¬ 
bitants of the Sound. 
The mizen-maft being bnibied, it was got in, and rig¬ 
ged, on the 2ift; and the carpenters were fet to work to 
3 make 
