they approached the thore, they obferved, that the Indians were armed with long lances. A number of them were foon drawn together on the beach, and two jumped into the water, endeavouring to gain the boat; but the foon left them, and fome others that had made the fame attempt,. far enough behind her. Having doubled the point where they intended to land, they opened a large bay, and faw another party of the natives ftanding at the end of it, armed like those whom they had feen before. Preparations were then made for landing, on which a canoe full of Indians made off towards them. Obferving this, Tupia received orders to acquaint them, that the English did not intend to offer them violence, but meant to traffic with them for nails, which were produced. Thus informed, they came along-fide the boat, and took fome nails that were given them, being feemingly well pleased with the prefent. Yet, a few minutes after, these people boarded the boat, defigning to drag her on fhare; but fome mufquets being difcharged over their heads, they leaped into the fea, and having reached the canoe, put back with all poffible expedition, joining their countrymen who stood ready to receive them. The boat immediately purfued the fugitives, but the crew finding the furf extremely violent, did not venture to land there, but coafted along the fhore to try if they could not find a more convenient place.

Soon after the canoe got on fhore, a man oppofite the boat flourished his weapon, calling out at the fame time with a fhril voice, which was a mark of defiance, as Tupia explained it to the English.--Not being able to find a proper landing place, they returned, with an intention to attempt it where the canoe went on fhore; whereupon another warrior repeated the defiance: his appearance was more formidable than that of the other. When he thought fit to retire, a grave man came for

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ward, who asked Tupia feveral queftions, relating to the place from whence the veffel came, as Who were the perfons on board? Whither they were bound? &c. After this it was propofed, that the people in the boat fhould go on fhore and trade with them if they would lay afide their weapons; but the latter would not agree to this, unless the English would do the like. As this propofal was by no means an equal one, when it was confidered that the hazard muft, for many reasons, be greater to the boat's crew than the Indians, and as perfidy was dreaded, it was not complied with. Befides, fince neither the bay which the Endeavour entered, nor any other part of the island furnished good harbour or anchorage, it was refolved not to attempt landing any more, but to fail from hence to the fouthward.

On the 15th we failed from this ifland with a fine breeze; but on the 16th it was hazy, and we bore away for what refembled very high peaks of land. The weather clearing up, we were convinced of our mistake, and refumed our courfe accordingly. Land was dif covered at Weft by North, on the 7th of October, and in the morning of the 8th, we came to an anchor oppofite a fmall river, not above half a league from the coaft.

Captain Cook, Mr. Banks, Dr. Solander, and fome other gentlemen, having left the pinnace at the mouth of the river, proceeded a little farther up, when we landed, leaving the yawl to the care of fome of our boys, and went up to a few small houfes in the neigh bourhood. Some of the natives that had concealed themselves in the neighbourhood, took advantage of our abfence from the boat, and rushed out, advancing and brandifhing their long wooden lances. On this our boy dropped down the stream. The cockswain of the pinnace then fired a musquetoon over their heads, but it did not prevent them from following the boat, in confequence of which he levelled his piece, and fhot one of them dead on the fpot. Struck with aftonish

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ment at the death of their companion, the others re mained motionless for fome time, but as foon as the y recovered from their fright, retreated to the woods with the utmoft precipitation. The report of the gun brought the advanced party back to the boat, and both the pennace and yawl returned immediately to the fhip. On the 9th, a great number of natives were seen near the place where the gentlemen in the yawl had landed the preceding evening, and the greatest part of them appeared to be unarmed. The long-boat, pinnace, and yawl, being manned with marines and failors, Capt. Cook and Tupia went on fhore, and landed on the opposite side of the river, over against a spot where feveral Indians were fitting on the ground. They immediately started up, and began to handle their weapons, each producing either a long pike, or a kind of truncheon made of ftone, with a ftring through the handle of it, which they twifted round their wrifts. Tupia was directed to speak to them in his language, and we were greatly furprised to find that he was well understood, the natives fpeaking in his language, though in a different dialect. Their intentions at first appeared to be very hoftile, brandishing their weapons in the usual threatening manner; upon which a mufquet was fired at fome diftance: the ball happened to fall into the water, at which they appeared rather terrified, and defifted from their menaces. Having now drawn up the marines, we advanced nearer to the fide of the river. Tupia, again fpeaking, informed them of our defire to traffic with them for provifions; to this they confented, provided we would go over to them to the other fide of the river. The propofal was agreed to, upon condition that the natives would quit their weapons; but the moft folemn affurances of friendship could not prevail with them to make fuch a conceffion. Not thinking it prudent therefore, to cross the river, we, in our turn, intreated the Indians to come over to us, and after fome time prevailed on

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one of them fo to do.' He was prefently followed by others. They did not appear to value beads and iron which was offered in the way of barter, but propofed to exchange their weapons for ours; which being objected to, they endeavoured to fnatch our arms from us, but being on our guard, from the information given us by Tupia that they were still our enemies; and Tupia, by our direction, gave them to understand, that any further offers of violence would be punished with inftant death. One of them, nevertheless, had the audacity to snatch Mr. Green's dagger when his back was turned to them, and retiring a few paces, flourished it over his head; but his temerity coft him his life; for Mr. Monkhoufe fired a mufquet, and he instantly dropped. Soon after, though not before we had difcharged our pieces, they retreated flowly up the country, and we returned to our boat.

The behaviour of the Indians, added to our want of fresh water, induced Capt. Cook to continue his voyage round the bay, with a hope of getting fome of the natives aboard, that by civil ufage he might convey through them a favourable idea of us to their countrymen, and thereby fettle a good correfpondence with them. An event occurred, which, though attended with difagreeable circumstances, promifed to facilitate this defign. Two canoes appeared, making towards land, and Capt. Cook, propofed intercepting them with our boats. One of them got clear off, but the Indians in the other, finding it impoffible to efcape, began to attack our people in the boats with their paddles. This compelled the Endeavour's people to fire upon them, when four of the Indians were killed, and the other three, who were young men, jumped into the water, and endeavoured to fwim afhore; they were, however, taken up, and conveyed on board. At first they difcovered all the figns of fear and terror, thinking they fhould be killed; but Tupia, by repeated affurances of friendship, removed their apprehenfions, and they afH

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terwards eat heartily of the fhip's provisions. Having retired to rest in the evening, they flept very quietly for fome hours, and about midnight, their fears returning, they appeared in great agitation, frequently making loud and difmal groans. Again, the kind careffes and friendly promises of Tupia operated fo effectually, that they became calm, and fung a fong, which at the dead of night, had a pleasing effect. The next morning, after they were dreffed according to the mode of their country, and were ornamented with necklaces and bracelets, preparations were made for fending them to their countrymen, at which they expreffed great fatisfaction; but finding the boat approaching Capt. Cook's first landing-place, they intimated, that the inhabitants were foes, and that, after killing their ene mies, they always eat them.

The Captain, nevertheless, judged it expedient to land near the fame fpot, which he accordingly did with Mr. Banks, Dr. Solander, and Tupia, resolving, at the fame time, to protect the youths from any injury that might be offered them. These had fcarcely departed on their return to their friends, when two large parties of Indians advanced haftily towards them, upon which they again flew to us for protection. When the Indians drew near, one of the boys difcovered his uncle among them, and a converfation enfued across the river, in which the boy gave a juft account of our hofpitality, and took great pains to difplay his finery.

A fhort time after this converfation, the uncle fwam across the river, bringing with him a green bough, a token of friendship, which we received as fuch, and feveral presents were made them. Notwithstanding the prefents of this relation, all three of the boys, by their own defire, returued to the fhip; but as the captain intended to fail the next morning, he fent them afhore in the evening, though much against their inclination. They informed us of a particular kind of deer upon the island.

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