which was thrown over their shoulders; and they eat their food, which was such as no other animal but a hog would touch, without any dressing:  They had with them a large piece of whale blubber, which stunk intolerably, and one of them tore it to pieces with his teeth, and gave it about to the rest, who devoured it with the voracity of a wild beast.  They did not, however, look upon what they saw in the possession of our people with indifference; for while one of them was asleep, they cut off the hinder part of his jacket with a sharp flint which they use as a knife.

About eight o’clock, we made sail, and found little or no current.  At noon, Cape Upright bore W.S.W. distant three leagues; and at six in the evening, we anchored in the bay, on the southern shore, which lies about a league to the eastward of the cape, and had fifteen fathom water.

While we were lying here, and taking in wood and water, seven or eight Indians in a canoe came round the western point of the bay, and having landed opposite to the ship, made a fire.  We invited them to come on board by all the signs we could devise, but without success; I therefore took the jolly-boat, and went on shore to them.  I introduced myself by making them presents of several trifles, with which they seemed to be much gratified, and we became very intimate in a few minutes:  After we had spent some time together, I sent away my people, in the boat, for some bread, and remained on shore with them alone.  When the boat returned with the bread, I divided it among them, and I remarked with equal pleasure and surprise, that if a bit of the biscuit happened to fall, not one of them offered to touch it till I gave my consent.  In the mean time some of my people were cutting a little grass for two or three sheep which I had still left on board, and at length the Indians perceiving what they were doing, ran immediately, and tearing up all the weeds they could get, carried them to the boat, which in a very short time was filled almost up to her gunwale.  I was much gratified by this token of their good-will, and I could perceive that they were pleased with the pleasure that I expressed upon the occasion:  They had indeed taken such a fancy to us, that when I returned on board the boat, they all got into their canoe, and followed me.  When we came near the ship, however, they stopped, and gazed at her as if held in surprise by a mixture of astonishment and terror; but at last, though not without some difficulty, I prevailed upon four or five of them to venture on board.  As soon as they entered the ship I made them several, presents, and in a very little time they appeared to be perfectly at ease.  As I was very desirous to entertain them, one of the midshipmen played upon the violin, and some of my people danced; at this they were so much delighted, and so impatient to show their gratitude, that one of them went over the ship’s side into the canoe, and fetched up a seal-skin bag of red paint,