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friendlhip; whereupon their darts, which had been taken, were returned, and thewhole quarrel feemed to be at an end. When Captain Cook got on board, he faw thewoods burning at the diftance of two miles. >
The mailer having been fent to fearch for a paffage to the northward, returned withan account that he could not find any. By the night of the 20th, the fire had extendedmany miles round them on the hills. On the 22d they killed a turtle, through bothIhoulders of which ftuck a wooden harpoon, which the Indians had ilricken it with,and the wound was quite healed. The next day one of the feamen, who had ftrayedfrom his company, met with four Indians at dinner : he was alarmed at this unexpectedmeeting, but had prudence enough to conceal his apprehenfions, and fitting down bythenx, gave them his knife, which having all looked at, they returned. He would thenhave left them ; but they chofe to detain him, till, by feeling his hands and face, theywere convinced he was made of flelh and blood like themfelves. They then difmiffedhim, directing him the neareft way to the Ihip.
On the 26th, Mr. Banks catched a female animal, called the opoffom, with twoyoung ones.
On the 4th of Augufl they put to fea, the pinnace going a-head to keep founding,and at noon came to an anchor, when the captain gave the name of Cape Bedford tothe northernmoft point of land in fight, and that of Endeavour River to the harbourwhich they had quitted.'
The provifions they obtained while in this harbour confifted of turtle, which theywent fome miles to fea to catch ; oyfters of three different forts, large cavalhe orfcomber, large mullets, fome flat filh, a great number of fmall fcombri, and Ikate orfay-fifh ; purflain, wild-beans, the tops of cocoas, and cabbage-palms. Of quadrupedsthere are goats, wolves, and pole-cats, and a fpotted animal of the viverra kind ; andfeveral kinds of ferpents, only fome of which are venomous. Dogs are the only tameanimals.
On the 4th, fuch a quantity of filh was catched, as allowed a dividend of two poundsto each man. During the fix following days they ftruggled inceffantly to fail fafelypaft the flioals and breakers, by which they were every way furrounded. On the ioththey were between a head-land and three iflands, which had been discovered on thepreceding day, and began to conceive hopes that they were out of danger; but thisDot proving the cafe, the head-land received the name of Cape Flattery.
After a converfation held among the officers, it was their concurrent opinion, that it■Would be belt to leave the coaft, and Hand out to fea; and in confequence of thefefentiments, they failed On the 13th of Augufl:, 1770, and got in an open fea, afterhaving been furrounded by dreadful flioals and rocks for near three months. Theyhad now failed above a thoufand miles, during all which run they had been obliged to* ee p founding without the intermiflion of a Angle minute ; a circumftance which, itIs fuppofed, never happened to any Ihip but the Endeavour.
Having anchored on the 14th, they fleered a wefterly courfe on the following day toget fight Q f the land, that a paffage between that land and New Guinea might not beRifled, if there was any fuch paffage. They flood northward till midnight. Whenj! a y-light came on they faw a dreadful furf break at a vaft height,' within a mile of theHp, towards which the rolling waves carried her with great rapidity. Thus diffreffed,*he boats were fent ahead to tow, and the head of the veffel was brought about, butn °t till lhe was within one hundred yards of the rock, between which and her thereWas nothing left but the chafm, made by the Iaft wave which had walhed her fide, andv °l. xi. 4 b which