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177s. made figns to him to bring us fomething to eat, he imme- 
^September. j e f t US) ant j paddled toward the fhore. But meet- 
ing another man coming off, who happened to have two 
dried falrnon, he got them from him; and on returning to 
the fhip, would give them to nobody but me. Some of our 
people thought that he afked for me under the name of Ca- 
pitane ; but in this they were probably miftaken. He knew 
who had given him the knife and beads, but I do not fee 
how he could know that I was the Captain. Others of the 
natives, foon after, came off, and exchanged a few dry fifh, 
for fuch trifles as they could get, or we had to give them. 
They were moft defirous of knives; and they had no diflike 
to tobacco. 
After dinner, Lieutenant Gore was fent to the peninfula, 
to fee if wood and water were there to be got; or rather 
water; for the whole beach round the bay feemed to be co¬ 
vered with drift-wood. At the fame time, a boat was fent 
from each fhip, to found round the bay; and, at three ill 
the afternoon, the wind frefhening at North Eaft, we 
weighed, in order to work farther in. But it was foon 
found to be impoflible, on account of the flioals, which ex¬ 
tended quite round the bay, to the diftance of two or three 
miles from the fhore; as the officers, who had been fent to 
found, reported. We, therefore, kept handing off and on 
with the fhips, waiting for Mr. Gore, who returned about 
eight o’clock, with the launch laden with wood. 
He reported, that there was but little freffi water; and 
that wood was difficult to be got at, by reafon of the boats 
grounding at fome diftance from the beach. This being the 
cafe, I flood back to the other fhore; and, at eight o’clock 
Saturday 12. the next morning, fent all the boats, and a party of men, 
with an officer, to get wood from the place where I had 
landed 
