the crew laboured without
moving her. The night tide was likely to be the highest. At length she
was hove off into deep water. Now the difficulty was to keep her
afloat, for the crew were wellnigh exhausted by their exertions. At
length Mr Monkhouse suggested that he had seen a vessel saved by
fothering a sail--that is, covering it thickly with oakum, and then
dragging it under the ship's bottom to the place where the leak existed,
when the oakum, drawn in by the force of the water, would fill up the
openings.

This was done, and succeeded so well that two pumps kept her afloat
until the 17th, when a safe harbour was found, and she was at once
hauled ashore. It was then discovered that a fragment of the rock had
gone through her bottom, and remained sticking there. Had this fallen
out, she must have foundered. Tents and a forge were at once set up on
the shore, and the carpenter, blacksmith, and others to assist, were
speedily busy repairing the damage the ship had received. The sick were
also landed. Of these there were many, for notwithstanding all their
care, that scourge of seamen, scurvy, had already made much progress.

Mr Banks and other scientific gentlemen made excursions into the
country. They saw several animals, but the strangest of all was of
about the size of a greyhound, mouse coloured, and very swift. It had a
long tail, and leapt like a hare, while the print of its feet resembled
those of a goat. It was some time before another of the same species
was seen and shot, when it was discovered to be what has since become a
well-known animal, called after the native name, a kangaroo. Some days
elapsed before any natives were seen. At last a gang approached, when
Captain Cook ordered his people to take no notice of them. This had the
desired effect of allaying their fears, and though shy, they became
tolerably friendly.

A few days afterwards a party ventured on board, and took a great fancy
to some turtles which had been caught, though they seemed to regard
nothing else with interest. They first took hold of one, and then
attempted to carry it off; but, on being prevented, jumped into their
canoes, and paddled away in a rage. On landing, they seized a brand
from under the pitch-kettle, and with it set fire to the long grass. It
blazed up so furiously that it was with the greatest difficulty that the
tent in which Tupia was lying sick could be preserved, while the
woodwork of the smith's