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thieving upon us, which I thought proper to put up 

 with, as our stay was not likely to be long amongst 

 them. The trouble these people gave us retarded us so 

 long, that, before we were ready to heave the anchor, 

 the wind began to increase, and blew in squalls out 

 of the bay ; so that we were obliged to lie fast. It 

 was not iong before the natives ventured off to us 

 again. In the first canoe which came, was a man 

 who seemed to be of some consequence. He ad- 

 vanced slowly, with a pig on his shoulder, and speak- 

 ing something which we did not understand. As soon 

 as he got alongside, I made him a present of a 

 hatchet ; and several other articles. In return he 

 sent in his pig ; and was, at last, prevailed upon to 

 come himself up into the gang-way, where he made 

 but a short stay, before he went away. The recep- 

 tion this man met with, induced the people in all the 

 other canoes to put alongside ; and exchanges were 

 presently re-established. 



Matters being thus settled on board, I went on 

 shore with a party of men, to see what was to be done 

 there. We were received by the natives with great 

 courtesy ; and, as if nothing had happened, trafficked 

 with them for some fruit and a few small pigs ; and, 

 after loading the launch with water, returned aboard. 

 After dinner I sent the boats, under the protection of 

 a guard, ashore for water. On their landing, the 

 natives all fled but one man, and he seemed much 

 frightened ; afterwards one or two more came down ; 

 and these were all that were seen this afternoon. We 

 could not conceive the reason of this sudden fright. 



Early in the morning of the 9th, the boats were 

 sent as usual for water ; and, just as they were 

 coming off, but not before, some of the natives made 

 their appearance. After breakfast, I landed some 

 little time before the guard, when the natives crowded 

 round me in great numbers \ but as soon as the 

 guard landed, I had enough to do to keep them from 

 running off. At length their fears vanished, and a 



