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HE veffel paffing a remarkable high

bank, and accordingly weighed and dropped over it, and anchored again in ten fathoms and a half, after which they were furrounded by thirty-three large canoes, containing near three hundred Indians all armed. Some of them were admitted on

Tpoint of land, as called cape brefi, board, and Captain Cook gave a piece of

in hour of the baronet of that name. The. is a curious rocky ifland to the northeaft by north, which is arched, and at a diftance, has a pleafing effect. This is celled Motuyogo by the natives, and lies in 35° 10' 30' fouth, and longitude 185° 23" weft. It forms a bay to the weft, which contains many small islands, and Captain Cook named the point at the north-weft entrance Point Pococke. There are many villages on the main as well as on the islands, which appeared well inhabited, and feveral canoes filled with Indians, made to the hip; and after coming along-fide to trade, thewed the fame defire of cheating as the others. One of the midshipmen was fo nettled at being impofed upon, that he had recourfe to a whimsical expedient by way of recovery; he took a fifhing-line, and threw the lead with fuch dexterity, that the hook caught in the Indian who had impofed upon him by the buttocks, when the line breaking, the hook remained, in his pofteriors. Thefe Indians were ftrong and well proportioned; their hair was black, and tied up in a bunch stuck with feathers; the chiefs among them had garments made of fine cloth, ornamented with dog-fkin; and they were tataowed like thole who had laft appeared. On the 27th the Endeayour was among a number of small islands, from which feveral canoes came off, but the Indians, from their frantic geftures, feemed difordered in their minds; they threw their fith into the hip by handfuls, without demanding any thing by way of barter. Some other canoes alfo came up, who faluted the fhip with ftones. One of the Indians, who was particularly active, threw a flick at one of the Endeavour's'men. It was then judged time to bring them to reafon, and a mufquet with fmall fhot was fired at him, when he fell in the canoe. A general terror was now fpread among them, and they all made a very precipitate retreat. Among the fish obtained from these canoes were cavalles in great plenty, and for this reafon the captain called thefe iflands by the fame name. For feveral days the wind was so very unfavourable, that the veffel rather loft than gained ground. On the 29th, having weathered Cape Brett, they bores away to leeward, and got into a large bay, where they anchored on the fouth-west fide of feveral iflands, and fuddenly came into four fathoms and a half water. Upon founding, they found they had got upon a Gent. Mag, July, 1785.

broad cloth to one of the chiefs, and fome fmall prefents to the others. They traded peaceably for fome time, being terrified at the fire-arms, with the effects of which they were not unacquainted; but whilft the captain was at dinner, on a fignal given by one of the chiefs, all the Indians quitted the fhip, and attempted to tv away the buoy; a mufquet was now fired over them, but it produced no effect; fmall fhot was then fired at them, but it did not reach them. A mufquet loaded with ball, was therefore ordered to be fired and Otegoowgoow (fon of one of the chiefs) was wounded in the thigh by it, which induced them immediately to throw the buoy overboard. To complete their confufion, a round fhot was fired which reached the fhore, and as foon as they landed, they ran in fearch of it. If thefe Indians had been under any kind of millitary difcipline, they might have proved a much more formidable enemy; but acting thus, without any plan or regulation, they only expofed themselves to the annoyance of the fire arms, whilft they could not poffibly fucceed in any of their defigns. The Captain, Mr. Banks, and Dr. Solander, landed upon the island, and the Indians in the canoes foon after came on fhore. The gentlemen were in a small cove, and they were prefently furrounded by near 400 armed Indians: but the captain not fufpecting any hoftile defign on the part of the natives, remained peaceably ditpofed. The gentlemen, marching towards them, drew a line, intimating that they were not to pass it? they did not infringe upon this boundary for fome time; but at length, they fang the song of defiance, and began to dance, whilft a party attempted to draw the Endeavour's boat on fhore, the fignal for an attack being immediately followed by the Indians breaking in upon the line; the gentlemen judged it time to defend themselves, accordingly the captain fired his mufquet loaded with fmall fhot, which was feconded by Mr Banks's difcharging his piece, and two of the men followed his example. This threw the Indians into confufion, and they retreated, but were rallied again by one of the chiefs, who fhouted and waving his patoo-pator, The Docter now pointed his mufquet at this hero, and hit him: this ftopped hig career, and he took to flight with the other Indians. They retired to an eminence in a collected body, and feemed dubious wheX X

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ther they fhould return to the charge. They were now at too great a diftance for a ball to reach them, but thefe operations being obferved from the fhip, the brought her As it was quite a dead calm on the 30th broadfide to bear, and by firing over them, day of this month, two boats were sent to foon difperfed them. The Indians had in found the harbour; when many canoes their skirmish two of their people wounded, came up and traded with great probitý; but none killed peace being thus reftored, the gentlemen went again on fhore a the gentlemen began to gather celery and with a very civil reception from the natives; other herbs, but fufpecting that fome of and this friendly intercourfe continued all the natives were lurking about with evil the time they remained in the bay, which defigns, they repaired to a cave, which was feveral days. Being upon a vifit to the was at a fmall diftance. Here they found old chief, he fhewed them the inftrument the chief, who had that day received a pre- ufed in tataowing, which were very like fent from the Captain; he came forth thofe employed at Otaheite upon the like with his wife and brother, and folicited occafion. They faw the man who had been their clemency. It appeared, that one of wounded by the ball, when the attempt the wounded Indians was a brother of this was made to carry off the fhip's buoy; and chief, who was under great anxiety left the though it had gone through the fleshy part wound fhould prove mortal, but his grief of his arm, it did not feem to give him the was in a great degree alleviated, when he was leaft pain or uneafiness. On Tuesday the made acquainted with the different effects 5th, in the morning, they weighed anchor, of fmall fhot and ball; he was at the fame but were foon becalmed, and a ftrong current time affured, that upon any farther hoftilities fetting towards the fhore, they were driven being committed, ball would be ufed. in with fuch rapidity, that they expected This interview terminated very cordially, every moment to be run upon the breakers, after fome trifling pefents were made to the which appeared above water not more than chief and his companions. "The prudence a cable's length diftance, and they were fo of the gentlemen (fays our author) cannot be near the land, that Tupia, who was totally much commended; for had thefe 400 Indi- ignorant of the danger, held a ans boldly rushed in upon them at once with fation with the Indians, who were ftandtheir weapon, the mufquetry could have ing on the beach. They were happily redone very little execution; but fuppofing lieved however, from this, alarming fituatwenty or thirty of the Indians had been tion by a fresh breeze fuddenly fpringing up wounded, as it does not appear their pieces from the fhore. The bay which they had were loaded with ball, but only small shot, left was called The Bay of Islands, on ac there would have remained a fufficient numr- count of the numerous islands it contains ; ber to have maffacred them, as it appears they caught but few fifh while they lay there, they do not give any quarter, and none could but procured great plenty from the natives, have been expected upon this occafion. It who were extremely expert in fishing, and is true, when the fhip brought her broad- difplayed great ingenuity in the form of fide to bear, fhe might have made great their nets, which were made of a kind of havock amongst the Indians; but this grafs; they were two or three hundred fawould have been too late to fave the party thoins in length, and remarkably ftrong, on fhore. Being in their boats, the En- and they have them in fuch plenty, that it is glifh rowed to another part of the fame if- fcarcely poffible to go a hundred yards withand, when landing and gaining an emi- out meeting with numbers lying in heaps. nance, they had a very agreeable and ro- These people did not appear to be under the mantic view of a great number of government of any particular chief or fovefinal iflands, well inhabited and culti- reign, and they feemed to live in a perfect vated.'! ftate of friendship, notwithstanding their villages were fortified. According to their obfervation upon the tides the flood comes from the fouth, and there is a current from the weft. December 7, feveral canoes put off and followed the Endeavour, but a breeze arifing, Captain Cook did not wait for them. On the 8th they tacked, and ftood in for the fhore, and on the 9th they were about feven leagues to the weft-ward of the Cavalles. and foon after came to a deep bay, which the captain named Doubtlefs Bay. The wind prevented their putting in here, and being foon after becalmed,

The inhabitants of an adjacent town approached unarmed, and teftified great humility and fubmiflion. Some of the party on fhore who had been very violent for having the Indians punished for their fraudulent conduct, were now guilty of trefpaffes equally reprehenfible, having forced into fome of the plantations, and dug up potatoes. The captain, upon this occafion fhewed ftrict juftice in punishing each of the offenders with twelve lathes: one of them being very refractory upon this occafion, and complaining of the hardship, thinking an

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none of the Indians would venture on board, except an old man, who feemed of elevated rank; his countrymen took great pains to prevent his coming on board, but they could not divert him from his purpofe, and he was received with the ut noft civility and hofpitality. Tuple and the old man joined nofes, according to the cuftom of the country, and after receiving feyeral prefents, he returned to his affeciates, when they began to dance and laugh, and foon after retired. The captain and the other gentlemen now went on hore, where they met with plenty of wood and water, and were very fuccefsful in fishing, catching fome hundred weight in

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tives for garments The environs of the cove where the Endeavour lay is covered entirely with wood, and the fupple jack are fo numerous, that it is with difficulty that paffengers can purfue their way; here is a numerous fand fly, that is very difagreea. ble. The tops of many hills were covered with fern. The air of the country is very moift, and has fome qualities that promote putrefaction, as birds that had been thot but à few hours were found with maggots in them. The women who accompanied the men in the canoes, wore a head drefs, which the gentlemen had no where met with before, it was compofed of black feathers, tied in a bunch on the top of the head, which greatly increafed its height. The manner of their difpofing of their dead is very different to what is practifed in the fouthern islands, they tie a large ftone to the body, and throw it into the fea. The gentlemen faw the body of a woman which had been difpofed of this way, but which, by fome accident had difengaged itself from the ftone, and was floating upon the water. The Captain, Mr. Banks, and the Doctor visited another cove, about two miles from the fhip. There was a family of Indians, who were greatly alarmed at the approach of these gentlemen, all running away except one; but upon Tupia's converfing with him, the others rèturned. They found, by the provifions of this family, that they were canibals, here being feveral human boges that had been lately dressed and picked, and it appeared that a fhort time before, fix of their enemies having fallen into their hands, they had killed four and eaten them, and that the other two were drowned in endeavouring to make their efcape. They made no fecret of this abominable cuftom, but anfwered Tupia, who was defired to ascertain the fact, with great compofure, that his conjectures were juft, that they were the bones of a man, and teftified by figns, that they thought human flesh delicious food." Upon bog afked, Why they had not eaten the body of the woman that had been floating upon the water? they anfwered, fhe died of a diforder, and that moreover fhe was related to them, and they never ate any but their enemies. Upon Mr. Banks ftill teftifying fome doubts concerning the fact, one of the Indians drew the bone of a man's arm through his mouth, and this gentleman had the curiofity to bring it away with him. There was a woman in this family whofe arms and legs were cut in a fhocking manner, and it appeared fhe had thus wounded herself because her hufband had lately been killed and eaten by the enemy. Some of the Indians brought four fkulls one day to fell, which they rated at a very high price. The brains had been taken out, and probably eaten, but the skull and

"On the 16th the Endeavour's people were engaged in careening her, when three canoes came off with a great number of Indians, and brought feveral of their women with them. This circumftance was judged a favourable prefage of their peaceable difpofition, but they foon gave proofs of the contrary, by attempting to flop the longboat that was fent on thore for water, when Captain Cook had recourfe to the old expedient of firing fome fhot, which intimidated them for the prefent; but they foon gave freh proofs of their infidious defigns. One of them fnatched fome paper from the Endeavour's people, who were trading with them, and brandishing his patoo-patoo, put himself in a threatening pofture, upon which it was judged expedient to fire ome fhot at him, which wounded him in the knee. This ftep put an end to the correfpondence with regard to trade; but Tupia ftill continued converfing with them, and making enquiries concerning the curiofities of New Zealand; he alfo afked them, if they had ever before seen a fhip as large as the Endeavour, to which they replied, they had not, nor ever heard fuch a veffel had been upon the coaft: though Tafman certainly touched here, which was only fifteen miles fouth of Murderer's Bay. There is great plenty of fish in all the coves of this bay, among others here are cuttle-fifh, large breams, fmall grey breams, fmall and large baracootas, flying gurnard, horfe mackarel, dog-fish, foles, dabs, mullets, drums, fcorpenas, or rock fifh, cole-fith, fhags, chimeras, &c. The inhabitants catch their fifh as follows: their net is cylindrical, extended by feveral hoops at the bottom, and contracted at the top; the fish going to feed upon what is put into the net, are caught in great abundance; there are alfo birds of various kinds, and in great numbers, particularly parrots, wood-pigeons, water hens, hawks, and many different finging birds. An herb, a fpecies of Philadelphus, was used here inftead of tea, and a plant called Teegoomrae, refembling rug-cloaks, ferved the na