but always laid out with mats, and delightfully situated among odoriferous shrubs.  Sometimes they were separated from the plantations by a little fence, through which a door, like those of Ea-oowhe, gave admittance, which could be shut on the inside.  In that case only the area, which this fence inclosed around the hut, was planted with the odoriferous grove, which is so much in request with the natives.  A walk of three miles, brought us to the eastern shore of the island, where it forms a deep angle, which Tasman called Maria Bay.  Where we fell in with it, the ground sloped imperceptibly into a sandy beach; but as we walked along towards the north point, we found it rose perpendicularly, and in some places it was excavated and overhanging.  It consisted, however, entirely of coral, which is a strong proof of some great change on our globe, as this rock can only be formed under water.  Whether it was left bare by a gradual diminution of the sea, or perhaps by a more violent revolution which our earth may formerly have suffered, I shall not venture to determine.  So much, however, may be assumed as a certainty, that if we suppose a gradual diminution of the sea, at the rate which they pretend to have observed in Sweden (see Mem. of the Swed.  Acad. of Sciences at Stockholm), the emersion of this island must be of so modern a date, that it is matter of astonishment how it came to be covered with soil, herbage, and forests; so well stocked with inhabitants, and so regularly adorned as we really found it.”  “After a long walk, during which we missed our way, and engaged one of the natives to become our guide, we entered a long narrow lane between two fences, which led us directly to the Fayetooca, or burying-place, we had left before.  Here we found Captains Cook and Furneaux and Mr Hodges, with a great number of natives, seated on the fine lawn.  They were in conversation with an old blear-eyed man,” &c.  “From this place we returned to the sea shore, where a brisk trade for vegetables, fowls, and hogs was carried on,” &c.  “It was near sun-set when we returned on board with our collection, and found the vessels still surrounded by many canoes, and the natives swimming about extremely vociferous.  Among them were a considerable number of women, who wantoned in the water like amphibious creatures, and were easily persuaded to come on board, perfectly naked, without professing greater chastity than the common women at Otaheite and the Society Isles,” &c.—­G.F.

[4] “He was drest in mats, one of which, on account of the coolness of the morning, he had drawn over his shoulders.  He resembled all other uncivilized people in the circumstance that his attention could not be fixed to one object for any space of time, and it was difficult to prevail on him to sit still whilst Mr Hodges drew his portrait.  After breakfast, the captains and my father prepared to return to the shore with him; but just as he was going out of the cabin, he happened to see