All the gentlemen agreed that this was the best bird they had eaten since they left England; and in honour of it they called the inlet Bustard Bay.

Upon the mud banks, and under the mangroves, were innumerable oysters of various kinds, and among others the hammer oyster, with a large proportion of small pearl oysters.

If in deeper water there should be equal plenty of such oysters at their full growth, Mr.Cook was of opinion that a pearl fishery might be established here to very great advantage.
The people who were left on board the ship asserted, that, while the gentlemen were in the woods, about twenty of the natives came down to the beach, abreast of the Endeavour, and, after having looked at her for some time, went away.

Not a single Indian was seen by the gentlemen themselves, though they found various proofs, in smoke, fires, and the fragments of recent meals, that the country was inhabited.

The place seemed to be much trodden, and yet not a house, or the remains of a house, could be discerned.