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we anchored near the entrance of the bay but out of sight of the forts and town the winds being light we sent in a boat ahead of us as soon as she rounded the point. The round forts at the enterance of the harbour hoisted the black flag of this our boats took but little notice until the got up to the town there they were treated with evident suspicion all the soldiers were drawn out with long spears and muskets forming two lines for our officers to go up to the govenors house. They (our boats) were watched with suspicion and were not allowed to buy any fresh grub tho we had been Months without it directly a strong breeze sprang up our ship got underway and ran into the bay the forts hauled down their black flags and substituted the yellow one in its place we came to on Saturday May 10th in the evening during the night a heavy squall rushed down the Mountain said [sic] attended with rain and lightening. on Sunday it was a clear hot day. Cook a Musician died this day and was buried he was taken on shore 2$ paid for a burial place and our first Lieut having read the service he was buried Sunday evening a lot of Manderines came on board they were very particular in enquiring what nation we were how many guns we had and how many Men We had been 3 months out of fresh provisions and still these Manderines would not allow any of the Natives to Come along side with grub, one fellow came near us with a boat full of fish we showed him money but he only replied by catching hold of his hair and drawing a stick across his throat and repeating the word Manderine. during the night, several large boats were continually near us we suppose that they were watching our Motions. The weather after our arrival was extremely hot, we sent boats on shore to find a good place for watering we found thousands of good water on the mountains and that too so handy as to require but little trouble in getting it into the boat by means of Hose tubs &c. After several days delays we succeeded in obtaining fresh provisions in Abundance and at tolerable fair prices. These provisions were brought down in small quantities by the women and children to the beach whilst soldiers guarded the Market place with pikes at hand. It was quite amusing to see the trading carried on between some would be Gallant tar and a modest Turonese neither understanding a word the other said and the modest woman evidently afraid of the Savage Frank, Necessity is the Mother of ingenuity and invention so with us we had to make all sorts of signs many of them were truely laughable tho ingeniuous. When we wanted to buy a pig we would squeal, a chicken crow, a duck quack. so the the Market place was a continual squealing, crowing, quacking &c. Whilst the children would run away and hide from us or else scream get behind their fathers or Mothers, Tho the Women brought the