When they were forty-six in number they approached so near us that we could see each other's signs and hear each other speak, though we could not understand them, nor they us.

They made signs for us to go in towards the shore, pointing that way.

It was squally weather, which at first made me cautious of going too near; but the weather beginning to look pretty well, I endeavoured to get into a bay ahead of us, which we could have got into well enough at first; but while we lay by, we were driven so far to leeward that now it was more difficult to get in.

The natives lay in their proas round us; to whom I showed beads, knives, glasses, to allure them to come nearer.

But they would not come so nigh as to receive anything from us; therefore I threw out some things to them, viz., a knife fastened to a piece of board, and a glass bottle corked up with some beads in it, which they took up, and seemed well pleased.