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New Zealand 1769 October behave in the same peaceable manner to us indeed we were under very little apprehension but what they would as they had heard of what hapned in Poverty Bay ~ [Margin note] Tegadoo Bay Between 1 & 2 PM I put off with the Boats mann'd & Arm'd in order to land to look for fresh Water these 2 Men along with me, but the surf running very high & it begun to blow & rain at the same time I return'd back to the Ship having first put the 2 Chiefs into one of their Canoes, in the evening it fell mod. & we landed & found 2 small Streams of Fresh Water & the Natives to all appearances very Friendly & Peaceable, on which acc.t I resolved to Stay one day at least to fill a little water & to give Mr Banks an opportunity to Collect a little of the Produce of the Country. In the morning Lieut. Gore went on shore to superintend the watering with a Strong party of Men but the getting the Casks off was so very difficult on acc.t of the Surf that it was near noon before one [Turn?] came onboard. ~ Sunday 19. PM light breezes & Cloudy about or a little after Noon sev.l of the Natives came off to the Ship in their Canoes & began to Traffick with us, our people giving them Georges Island Cloth for theirs for they had little else to dispose of this kind of exchange they seem'd at first very fond of & prefer'd the Cloth we had got at the Island, to English Cloth, but it fell in its value above 500 [?] before night. I had some of them onboard & Show'd them the Ship with which they were well pleased. The same friendly disposition was observed by those onshore & upon the whole they behaved as well or better than one could expect, but us getting the Water from the Shore proved so very Tedious on acco.t of the Surf I resolved upon leaving this place in the morning & accordingly at 5 AM we weighed & put to Sea. This Bay is called by the Natives Tegadoo it lies in the Latitude of 38º:16'S. but as it hath nothing to recommend it I shall give no discription of it there is plenty of Wild Sellery & we purchased of the Natives 10 or 16 [?t.] of sweet Potatoes, they have pretty large Plantations of these, but at present they are scarce it being too Early in the Season ~ At Noon the Bay of Tegadoo bore W. 2S dist. 8 Leags. & a very high double peak'd Mountain some distance inland bore NWbW Lat.de observed 38º:13'. Wind at N. a fresh gale. ~ Monday 20. PM. fresh Gales at N. & Cloudy wea.r, at 1 Tack'd & stood in shore at 6 Sounded & had 56 fa.m fine sandy bottom the Bay of Tegadoo bore SW½W. dist. 4 Leags. at 8 Tack'd in 36 fam. being there about 2 Leags. from land stood off & on all night having Gentle breezes. at 8 AM being right before the Bay of Tegadoo & about a Leag. from it, some of the Natives came off to us & inform'd us that in a Bay a little to the Southward/ being the same that we could not fetch the day we put into Tegadoo/ was fresh Water & Easy getting at it & as the wind was now against us & we gain'd nothing by beating to windward I thought the time would be better spent in this Bay in getting onboard a little water & forming some Connections with the Natives than by keeping this
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