After another attempt at landing, which the natives opposed with great bravery, it was necessary to repulse them by a volley which wounded several and killed one. The crew then landed and pursued the natives, who made no attempt to resist them.
Two detachments were sent in search of a watering place, and of trees suitable for repairing the masts of the Castries . Six days passed in fruitless search; fortunately not wholly wasted, as many curious observations were made on behalf of science.
"From the considerable number of shells which we found at short distances," says Crozet, "we concluded that the ordinary food of these savages was mussels, cockles, and various shell-fish."
Is it not strange to find, among the New Zealanders, the remains of food similar to that with which we are famil
