seamen as went to them, paying much greater regard to some than to others; and these, we had reason to believe, they took for women.  To one man in particular, the young woman shewed an extraordinary fondness until she discovered his sex, after which she would not suffer him to come near her.  Whether it was that she before took him for one of her own sex, or that the man, in order to discover himself, had taken some liberties with her which she thus resented, I know not.

In the afternoon, I took Mr Hodges to a large cascade, which falls from a high mountain on the south side of the bay, about a league above the place where we lay.  He made a drawing of it on paper, and afterwards painted it in oil colours; which exhibits, at once, a better description of it than any I can give.  Huge heaps of stones lay at the foot of this cascade, which had been broken off and brought by the stream from the adjacent mountains.  These stones were of different sorts; none however, according to Mr Forster’s opinion, (whom I believe to be a judge,) containing either minerals or metals.  Nevertheless, I brought away specimens of every sort, as the whole country, that is, the rocky part of it, seemed to consist of those stones and no other.  This cascade is at the east point of a cove, lying in S.W. two miles, which I named Cascade Cove.  In it is good anchorage and other necessaries.  At the entrance, lies an island, on each side of which is a passage; that on the east side is much the widest.  A little above the isle, and near the S.E. shore, are two rocks which are covered at high water.  It was in this cove we first saw the natives.

When I returned aboard in the evening, I found our friends, the natives, had taken up their quarters at about a hundred yards from our watering-place; a very great mark of the confidence they placed in us.  This evening a shooting party of the officers went over to the north side of the bay, having with them the small cutter to convey them from place to place.

Next morning, accompanied by Mr Forster, I went in the pinnace to survey the isles and rocks which lie in the mouth of the bay.  I began first with those which lie on the S.E. side of Anchor Isle.  I found here a very snug cove sheltered from all winds, which we called Luncheon Cove, because here we dined on cray fish, on the side of a pleasant brook, shaded by the trees from both wind and sun.  After dinner we proceeded, by rowing, out to the outermost isles, where we saw many seals, fourteen of which we killed and brought away with us; and might have got many more, if the surf had permitted us to land with safety on all the rocks.  The next morning, I went out again to continue the survey, accompanied by Mr Forster.  I intended to have landed again on the Seal Isles; but there ran such a high sea that I could not come near them.  With some difficulty we rowed out to sea, and round the S.W. point of Anchor Isle.  It happened very fortunately that chance directed