their hair was ornamented with shells and beads.  After they left the ship, Captain Marshall made sail, being desirous to make the westward part of the islands if possible before the night came on; but in this he was disappointed, as the wind grew light and baffling.  Several large canoes now put off from the shore with eight or ten men in each; it already has been observed that the Charlotte, Captain Gilbert, was in company with the Scarborough; at this time she was some distance a-stern, and the canoes all went along-side her; several of them went on board the Charlotte, and ran fore and aft, stealing every thing that lay in their way; one of them in particular, got hold of the pump-break, and attempted to jump over-board with it, but was stopped by one of the sailors.  They appeared to be very civilized, and all of them had coverings round the waist:  their ornaments were necklaces made of beads, to which a cross was suspended, in the same manner as those worn by the Spaniards.

25 June 1788-27 June 1788

Captain Marshall distinguished these islands by the name of Lord Mulgrave’s Islands, in honour of the Right Honourable Lord Mulgrave.  The southernmost of them is situated in 5 deg. 58’ north latitude, and 172 deg. 3’ east longitude, and the northernmost in 6 deg. 29’ north latitude, and 171 deg. 10’ east longitude.  At noon on the 25th, they got round the westernmost island, and thought themselves entirely clear of them all, as the day was very fair, and no land could be seen from the mast-head; at the same time they had a long swell:  on this, Captain Marshall stood on under an easy sail during the night, but was very much surprised at daylight the next morning to see land on the weather quarter, and a large island on the lee quarter, between which they must have passed in the night, and certainly very near that on their lee, though they sounded every half hour, but never struck the ground.  Lord Mulgrave’s Islands abound with cocoa-nut-trees, and they could perceive remnants of oranges and various other sorts of fruit, although the natives offered nothing of the sort to barter.  These islanders had not any offensive weapons whatever, so that they probably are on very friendly terms with each other.  With a light easterly breeze, they kept their course to the northward, and at noon on the 27th, in 7 deg. 25’ north latitude, and 171 deg. 10’ east longitude, they saw land bearing from north by east to north north-west.  Having now a fresh breeze, Captain Marshall run in with the land, and found it to be a cluster of small islands lying east and west of each other, but no appearance was seen of their being inhabited.

28 June 1788