To each of the present group the captain gave a string of beads and a medal, which they seemed to receive with some satisfaction.

On iron, and iron tools, they appeared to set no value.

There was reason to believe, that they were even ignorant of fish-hooks; and yet it is difficult to suppose, that a people who inhabit a sea-coast, and who were not observed to derive any part of their sustenance from the productions of the ground, should be unacquainted with some mode of catching fish.

However, they were never seen to be thus employed; nor was any canoe or vessel discovered by which they could go upon the water.

Though they had rejected the kind of fish which had been offered them, it was evident that shell fish made a part of their food.
After Captain Cook had left the shore, several women and children made their appearance, and were introduced to Lieutenant King by some of the men that attended them.