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 COA OF &ugrRALIA. 19 On the fi4th, having nearly expended our time, and having ascertained the forms of the Feu. shoals and completed the soundings of the c_n- nels in the entrance of tiffs truly .remarkable harbour, we eft Pine Cove on our return: having a favourable wind, we ran through Kelly's Chan- nel, and anchored in Outer Bay, between Entrance Island and tim bar, in order to complete our water at the stream that runs over the beach, and to obtain some sights on the Island for the rates of the chronometers. On anchoring, several natives were seen on the beach calling to us, but the wind was too fresh to allow of our com- municating with them that day; but early the 5. next morning, our boat being sent on shore with our empty baricas and some casks for water, our party was amicably received by a tribe of natives, consisting of six men and four. old women; they came forward unarmed, but as we afterwards found, their spears were concealed close at hand. Some presents were distributed amongst them, of which the most valuable, in their estimation, were empty wine-bottles, which they called moke.; this 'word was however used by them for water ' also, so that it was doubtful whether the word meant the article itself, or the vessel that con- tained it. Our familiarity increased so rapidly, Digitized , Goog[e

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