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ing north-east, the mutineers shaped their course for 

 the capes or headlands where, as they supposed, the 

 wild fowl frequented. Landing on one of these, in 

 search of fowl, they fell in with a party of natives, who 

 behaved so peaceably that the Englishmen soon began 

 to traffic with .them. For this purpose, they ran the 

 ship in as near to the land as was practicable, and sent 

 a boat ashore laden with goods. Leaving Pricket in 

 charge of the boat, the rest of her crew, one of whom 

 was Green, landed and mixed among the natives, show- 

 ing them looking-glasses and other articles. Suddenly, 

 one of the savages came into the boat and attacked 

 Pricket with a knife. He defended himself, and a deadly 

 struggle ensued, in which the savage was at last killed. 

 In the mean while, those of the crew on shore were 

 attacked. Thomas and Wilson were stabbed in the 

 bowels ; Perse and Green, both dreadfully wounded, 

 fell together into the boat ; Moter jumped from the 

 rocks into the sea, and swam to the boat, where, hold- 

 ing the stern, he begged to be taken in ; Perse beat off 

 the savages with a hatchet, and Green with a frag- 

 ment of a pike. The savages then took their bows and 

 arrows. Green was killed on the spot ; Perse received 

 many other wounds, as did all the others, but he pushed 

 off the boat, having taken in Moter. Perse and Moter 

 then rowed away, while Pricket received a bad wound 

 in his back from an arrow, as the boat came round. 

 The savages ran to their canoes, but did not pursue the 

 crew. They regained the ship, but three died of their 

 wounds. There were now scarcely hands enough left 

 to work the ship through the entrance of the strait ; 

 and the same men who worked the ship were obliged 

 to go in the boat and kill fowls for subsistence on the 

 passage home. With great labor, they killed three 

 hundred, which they salted. They then sailed to 



