The only inhabitants and signs of inhabitants that were discovered upon all the islands, were the people whom our voyagers saw in Queen Charlotte's Sound, some that came off to them under the snowy mountains, and several fires which were discerned to the west of Cape Saunders.

Eaheinomauwe has a much better appearance.
Though it is not only hilly but mountainous, even the hills and mountains are covered with wood, and every valley has a rivulet of water.

The soil in these valleys and in the plains, many of which are not overgrown with wood, is in general light, but fertile.

It was the opinion of Mr.Banks and Dr.Solander, as well as of the other gentlemen on board, that all kinds of European grain, plants, and fruit would flourish here in the utmost luxuriance.

There is reason to conclude, from the vegetables which our navigators found in Eaheinomauwe, that the winters are milder than those in England; and the summer was experienced not to be hotter, though it was more equally warm.