in their best dresses, having their heads ornamented with fillets and tufts of feathers. Capt. Cook presented the chief with a cloak of red baize, which pleased him so well, that he gave his patoo-patoo in return. On monday the 12th, the natives visited Pickersgill Harbour, in their canoe, but could not be persuaded to come alongside the ship. They sat down, however, on the adjacent shore, where they conversed familiarly with the officers and men who went to them; paying particular regard to some young men, whom they appeared at first to mistake for women. In the evening they took up their quarters about a hundred yards from the watering place, thus shewing the confidence which they placed in the strangers. Next evening they returned to their own habitation.
During his stay here, our navigator was diligently employed in surveying the numerous coves and islands in the bay, and marking the general features of the country; while the naturalists were pursuing their favourite occupations, and the officers frequently went out in shooting parties. On tuesday, the 13th, the Captain, with Mr. Forster, went in the pinnace, to survey the isles and rocks in the mouth of the bay; where, after visiting an interesting cove, and killing some seals on the outermost isles, they rowed out to sea round the south-west point of Anchor Isle. Here they unexpectedly found the boat belonging to a shooting party who were on another island, and fortunately caught it just as it was going to be dashed against some rocks. The boat was secured in a small creek, while the Captain's party went in search of the sportsmen. The latter were found on a small isle in Goose Cove, so named because some geese
