As our commander and his friends were returning, they saw a single man in a canoe fishing: rowing up to him, to their great surprise, he took not the least notice of them; and even when they were alongside of him, continued to follow his occupation, without adverting to them any more than if they had been invisible.

This behaviour was not, however the result either of sullenness or stupidity; for upon being requested to draw up his net, that it might be examined, he readily complied.

He shewed likewise to our people his mode of fishing, which was simple and ingenious.
When, on the 19th, the armourer's forge was set up, and all hands on board were busy in careening, and in other necessary operations about the vessel, some Indians, who had brought plenty of fish, exchanged them for nails, of which they had now begun to perceive the use and value.

This may be considered as one instance in which they were enlightened and benefited by their intercourse with our navigators.
While, on the 22d, Mr.Banks and Dr.Solander employed themselves in botanizing near the beach, our commander, taking a seaman with him, ascended one of the hills of the country.

Upon reaching its summit, he found the view of the inlet, the head of which he had a little before in vain attempted to discover in the pinnace, intercepted by hills still higher than that on which he stood, and which were rendered inaccessible by impenetrable woods.