restore the hook at the moment, swam back with it as soon as he
remembered it. There was a landing, and the usual friendly
intercourse, but just as the boat had put off, a single arrow was
suddenly shot out of the bush, and fell about ten yards short. It
was curious that the Spanish discoverers had precisely the same
experience. It was supposed to be an act of individual mischief or
fun, and the place obtained the appropriate name of Cock Sparrow
Point.

It was not possible to get into the one landing-place in the wall
round Mota's sugar-loaf, but there was an exchange of civilities with
the Saddleites, and in Vanua Lava, the largest member of the group, a
beautiful harbour was discovered, which the Bishop named Port
Patteson, after the Judge.

The Santa Cruz group was visited again on the 23rd of September.
Nothing remarkable occurred; indeed, Patteson's journal does not
mention these places, but that of the Bishop speaks of a first
landing at Nukapu, and an exchange of names with the old chief
Acenana; and the next day of going to the main island, where swarms
of natives swam out, with cries of Toki, toki, and planks before them
to float through the surf. About 250 assembled at the landing place,
as before, chiefly eager for traffic. The Volcano Isle was also
touched at, but the language of the few inhabitants was
incomprehensible. The mountain was smoking, and red-hot cinders
falling as before on the steep side. It was tempting to climb it and
investigate what probably no white man had yet seen, but it was
decided to be more prudent to abstain.

Some events of the visit to Bauro are related in the following letter