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43 Octr. 1769 Hawks bay
were 3 or 4 prodigiously pretty groves of tall trees near one of them was a square inclosure made with close & very high rails what was within it we could not guess some thunder & lightning this even weather otherwise vastly moderate many shoals of small fish about the ship
15. Snow was still to be seen upon the mountains inland in the morn we were abreast of the Southermost Cape of a large bay the northermost of which is Portland Isle the bay itself was calld Hawks bay from this point several canoes came of with netts & other fishing implements in them they came along side with a little invitation & offerd to trade we gave them Otahite cloth for their fish which they were excessively fond of often snatching it from one another with us they dealt tolerably fairly tho they sometimes cheated us by bargaining for one thing & sending up another when they had got their prise after they had sold all their fish they began to put the stones with which they sink their netts into baskets & sell them but this was soon stoppd as we were not in want of such commodities about this time an armd boat came alongside & offerd to trade for their Jackets one of them had on one made of furr this the Captn wanted to buy & bargaind for it offering a peice of Red baize the bargain was struck & the
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