e arisen from there being no standard
at market; I drew up the following rules, and ordered that they should
be punctually observed.

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_Rules to be observed by every person in or belonging to his
Majesty's bark the Endeavour, for the better establishing a regular
and uniform trade for provision, &c. with the inhabitants of King
George's Island._

I. To endeavour, by every fair means, to cultivate a friendship
with the natives; and to treat them with all imaginable humanity.

II. A proper person or persons will be appointed to trade with the
natives for all manner of provisions, fruit, and other productions
of the earth; and no officer or seaman, or other person belonging
to the ship, excepting such as are so appointed, shall trade or
offer to trade for any sort of provision, fruit, or other
production of the earth, unless they have leave so to do.

III. Every person employed on shore, on any duty whatsoever, is
strictly to attend to the same; and if by any neglect he loseth any
of his arms, or working tools, or suffers them to be stolen, the
full value thereof will be charged against his pay, according to
the custom of the navy in such cases, and he shall receive such
farther punishment as the nature of the offence may deserve.

IV. The same penalty will be inflicted on every person who is found
to embezzle, trade, or offer to trade, with any part of the ship's
stores of what nature soever.

V. No sort of iron, or any thing that is made of iron, or any sort
of cloth, or other useful or necessary articles, are to be given in
exchange for any thing but provision.

J. COOK.
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As soon as the ship was properly secured, I went on shore with Mr Banks
and Dr Solander, a party of men under arms, and our friend Owhaw. We
were received from the boat by some hundreds of the inhabitants, whose
looks at least gave us welcome, though they were struck with such awe,
that the first who approached us crouched so low that he almost crept
upon his hands and knees. It is remarkable, that he, like the people in
the canoes, presented to us the same symbol of peace that is known to
have been in use among the ancient and mighty nations of the northern
hemisphere,--the green branch of a tree. We received it with looks and
gestures of kindness and satisfaction; and observing that each of them
held one in his