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56.
Tolaga Bay

so they purchase that convenience at a dear rate as all their fishing tackle & lobster netts potts of which they have many must be brought up with no small labour

We saw also as extrordinary natural curiosity  in pursuing a valley bounded on each side by steep hills we were on a sudden saw a most noble arch or Cavern through the face of a rock leading directly to the sea so that through it we had not only a view of the bay & hills on the other side but an opportunity of imagining a ship or any other grand object opposite to it   it was certainly the most magnificent surprize I have ever met with  so much is pure nature superior to art in these cases  I have seen such places made by art where from an appearance totaly inland you was led through an arch 6 feet wide & 7 high to a prospect of the Sea  but here was an arch 25 yards in lengh  9 in breadth & at least 15 in hight   in the evening we returnd to the watering place in order to go on board with our treasure of plants  birds &c. but were prevented by an old man who detaind us some time in shewing the excercise of this countrey  arms lance and patopatoo as they are calld  the lance is made of hard wood from 01 to 14 feet long very sharp at the ends  the patopatoo is made of stone or bone about a foot

 

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