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the whole family from place to place, lay in a fmall creek near the huts. Duringtheir ftay, Mr. Hodges made drawings of molt of them; this occafioned them to givehim the name of Toe-toe, which word was fuppofed. to fignify marking or painting.When they took leave, the chief prefented Captain Cook with a piece of cloth orgarment of their own manufacturing, and fome other trifles. He at firft thought itwas meant as a return for the prefents he had made him ; but he was foon undeceived,by exprefling a defire for one of their boat cloaks. He took the hint, and orderedone to be made for him of red baize as foon as he got on board; where rainy wea-ther detained him the following day.
The 9th, being fair weather, they paid the natives another vifit. They found themat their habitations, all drefled and drefling in their very belt, with their hair combedand oiled, tied up upon the crowns of their heads, and ftuck with white feathers.Some wore a fillet of feathers round their heads; and all of them had bunches of whitefeathers ftuck in their ears. Thus drefled, and all Handing, they received them withgreat courtefy. Captain Cook prefented the chief with the cloak he had got madefor him, with which he feemed fo well pleafed, that he took his patoo-patoo from hisgirdle, and gave it in return. After a lhort ftay, they took leave.
On the 12th, feveral of the natives came and fet down on the ffiore abreaft of theffiip. The captain now caufed the bagpipes and fife to play, and the drum to beat.The two firft they did not regard, but the latter caufed fome little attention in them;nothing, however, could induce them to come on board. . But they entered with greatfamiliarity into converfation (little underftood) with fuch of the officers and feamen asWent to them, paying much greater regard to fome than to others ; thefe, it was fup-.pofed, they took for females. To one man, in particular, the young woman ffiewedan extraordinay fondnefs until ffie difcovered his fex, after which ffie would not fufferhim to come near her. Whether it was that ffie before took him for one of her ownfex; or that the man, in order to difcover himfelf, had taken fome liberties with herwhich ffie thus refented, is not known.
On the morning of the 15th, after feveral days rain, the weather became clear.The captain fet out with two boats to furvey the north-weft fide of the bay, accom-panied by the two Mr. Forfters and feveral of the officers, whom he detached in oneboat to Goofe Cove, where they intended to lodge the night, while he proceeded inthe other, examining the harbours and ifles which lay in his way. In the doing ofthis, he picked up about a fcore of wild fowl, and caught fiffi fufficient to ferve thewhole party; and reaching the place of rendezvous a little before dark, he fouudall the gentlemen out duck-ffiooting: they however foon returned, not overloadedwith game. By this time the cooks had done their parts, in which little art was re-quired, and after a hearty repaft on what the day had produced, they lay down tore ft; but they took care to rife early the next morning in order to have the otherbout among the ducks before they left the cove.
Accordingly, at day-light they prepared for the attack. Some, who had recon-Uoitered the place before, chofe their ftations accordingly; whilft the captain andanother remained in the boat, and rowed to the head of the cove to ftart the game,which they did fo effectually, that out of fome fcores of ducks, they only detained onet° themfelves, fending all the reft down to thofe ftationed below. About a mile from^ en ce, acrofs an ifthmus, they found an immenfe number of wood-hens, and broughtaway ten couple of them. After breakfaft they fet out to return to the ffiip, whichthey reached by feven o’clock in the evening, with about feven dozen of wild fowl,and two feals.
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