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on board ; and the next morning he sent me more 

 fruit, and several small parcels offish. 



Nothing farther remarkable happened till ten 

 o'clock in the evening, when we were alarmed with 

 the cry of murder, and a great noise, on shore, near 

 the bottom of the bay, at some distance from our 

 encampment. I suspected that it was occasioned by 

 some of our own people ; and immediately armed a 

 boat, and sent on shore, to know the occasion of this 

 disturbance, and to bring off such of our people as 

 should be found there. I also sent to the Adventure, 

 and to the post on shore, to know who were missing ; 

 for none were absent from the Resolution, but those 

 who were upon duty. The boat soon returned with 

 three marines, and a seaman. Some others, belong- 

 ing to the Adventure, were also taken, and being all 

 put under confinement, the next morning I ordered 

 them to be punished according to their deserts. I 

 did not find that any mischief was done, and our 

 people would confess nothing. I believe this dis- 

 turbance was occasioned by their making too free 

 with the women. Be this as it will, the natives were 

 so much alarmed, that they fled from their habitations 

 in the dead of the night, and the alarm spread many 

 miles along the coast. For when I went to visit 

 Otoo, in the morning, by appointment, I found him 

 removed, or rather fled, many miles from the place 

 of his abode. Even there I was obliged to wait some 

 hours, before I could see him at all ; and when I did, 

 he complained of the last night's riot. 



As this was intended to be my last visit, I had 

 taken with me a present suitable to the occasion. 

 Among other things were three Cape sheep, which 

 he had seen before and asked for ; for these people 

 never lose a thing by not asking for it. He was 

 much pleased with them ; though he could be but 

 little benefited, as they were all weathers ; a thing 

 he was made acquainted with. The presents he got 

 at this interview entirely removed his fears, and 



