Early in the morning of the 9th, the boats were sent as usual for water; and just as they were coming off, but not before, some of the natives made their appearance.  After breakfast I landed some little time before the guard, when the natives crowded round me in great numbers; but as soon as the guard landed, I had enough to do to keep them from running off:  At length their fears vanished, and a trade was opened for fruit and pigs.  I believe the reason of the natives flying from our people the day before, was their not seeing me at the head of them; for they certainly would have done the same to-day, had I not been present.  About noon, a chief of some consequence, attended by a great number of people, came down to the landing-place.  I presented him with such articles as I had with me, and, in return, he gave me some of his ornaments.  After these mutual exchanges, a good understanding seemed to be established between us; so that we got by exchanges as much fruit as loaded two boats, with which we returned on board to dinner; but could not prevail on the chief to accompany us.

In the afternoon, the watering and trading parties were sent on shore, though the latter got but little, as most of the natives had retired into the country.  A party of us went to the other, or southern cove of the bay, where I procured five pigs, and came to the house which, we were told, did belong to the man we had killed.  He must have been a person of some note, as there were six pigs in and about his house, which we were told belonged to his son, who fled on our approach.  I wanted much to have seen him, to make him a present, and, by other kind treatment, to convince him and the others that it was not from any bad design against the nation, that we had killed his father.  It would have been to little purpose if I had left any thing in the house, as it certainly would have been taken by others; especially as I could not sufficiently explain to them my meaning.  Strict honesty was seldom observed when the property of our things came to be disputed.  I saw a striking instance of this in the morning, when I was going ashore.  A man in a canoe offered me a small pig for a six-inch spike, and another man being employed to convey it, I gave him the spike, which he kept for himself, and instead of it, gave to the man who owned the pig a sixpenny nail.  Words of course arose, and I waited to see how it would end; but as the man who had possession of the spike seemed resolved to keep it, I left them before it was decided.  In the evening we returned on board with what refreshments we had collected, and thought we had made a good day’s work.

On the 10th, early in the morning, some people from more distant parts came in canoes alongside, and sold us some pigs; so that we had now sufficient to give the crew a fresh meal.  They were, in general, so small, that forty or fifty were hardly sufficient for this purpose.  The trade on shore for fruit was as brisk as ever.  After dinner, I made a little expedition in my boat along the coast to the south-ward, accompanied by some of the gentlemen:  At the different places we touched at, we collected eighteen pigs; and I believe, might have got more.  The people were exceedingly obliging wherever we landed, and readily brought down whatever we desired.