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off with it. A mufquet was fired over his head to make him return, but this did notprevail; and even after another was fired at him with fmall Ihot, which hit him in theback, he ftill perfevered in his defign. Upon this the reft of the Indians droppedaftern at fome diftance, and fet up their fong of defiance. They did not, however,make any preparations for attacking the fhip ; but the captain judged, that if he fuf-fered them to go off without convincing them of his power of avenging the infult,it might give an unfavourable opinion of the Englilh to the natives on ft ore. He ac-cordingly fired a four-pounder, which paffed over them, and the efi'eft it had in theWater terrified them fo greatly, that they made to fttore with the utmoft precipitancy.In the afternoon they defcried a high ifland to the weft, and fome time after perceivedfome other iflands and rocks in the fame quarter ; not being able to weather them be-fore night came on, they bore up between them and the main land. About feven inthe evening a double canoe, built like thofe at Otaheite , but carved after their peculiarmanner, came up to the fhip, and Twpia entered into a friendly converfation with theIndians on board; when, on a fudden, it being now dark, they pelted the fhip withftones, and then retreated.
The Endeavour paffed the night under an ifland about twenty miles from the main,which they named the Mayor. In the morilng of the 3d, they gave the name ofthe Court of Aldermen to a number of fmall iflands that lay contiguous. The chief,who governed the diftrici from Cape Tumagaii. to this coaft, was named Teratu.
On Friday the 4th, three canoes came along fide with feveral Indians. Thefe canoesWere built very different from the others, being formed of the trunks of fingle trees,made hollow by burning ; they were not carved, or in any Ihape ornamented. ThefeIndians were of a darker complexion than the others, but made ufe of the fame modesof defiance, and threw feveral ftones and fome of their lances into the fhip.
The fame afternoon the Endeavour failed towards an inlet they had difcovered, andanchored in feven fathom water. She was foon after furrounded by feveral canoes,and the Indians at firft did not fhew any figns that they intended committing hoftilities.One of the Endeavour’s people fhot a bird, which the Indians conveyed on board,without teftifying any furprife at the event. For their civility the captain gave them apiece of cloth. But this favour had a very oppofite influence to what was expected,for when it grew dark they fung one of their menacing fongs, and attempted to carryoff the anchor’s buoy. Some mufquets were now fired over them, which feemedfather to irritate than terrify them, and upon their going off, theyfthreatened to returnthe next morning in greater numbers ; they came back however the fame night abouteleven o’clock, in hopes of furprifing the fhip’s crew j but finding them on their guard,they again retired.
In the morning of the 5th, a great number of canoes, with near two hundred men,armed with fpears, lances, and ftones, made their appearance, feemingly refolved toattack the fhip, and defirous of boarding her, but could not determine at what part,changing their ftations, and paddling round her. Thefe motions kept the crew uponthe watch, in the rain, whilft Tupia, at the requeft of the captain, ufed every diffuafiveargument he could fuggeft to prevent their carrying their apparent defigns into exe-cution j but his expoftulations did not pacify them, till fome mufkets were fired ; theythen laid afide their hoftile intentions, and began to trade. They fold two of theirWeapons without fraud, but a third, for which they had received cloth, they would notdeliver up, and inftead of paying any attention to the demand that was made of it,they only laughed at them, and turned their expoftulations into ridicule. As the cap-
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