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they call their home. Mr. Banks, Dr. Solander, and 

 Tupia, were with me, and upon our landing with the 

 boys, and crossing the river, they seemed at first to 

 be unwilling to leave us ; but at length they suddenly 

 changed their mind, and, though not without a ma- 

 nifest struggle, and some tears, they took their leave: 

 when they were gone, we proceeded along a swamp, 

 with a design to shoot some ducks, of which we saw 

 great plenty, and four of the marines attended us, 

 walking abreast of us upon a bank that overlooked 

 the country. After we had advanced about a mile, 

 these men called out to us and told us, that a large 

 body of the Indians was in sight, and advancing at a 

 great rate. Upon receiving this intelligence, we drew 

 together, and resolved to make the best of our way 

 to the boats ; we had scarcely begun to put this into 

 execution, when the three Indian boys started sud- 

 denly from some bushes, where they had concealed 

 themselves, and again claimed our protection : we 

 readily received them, and repairing to the beach as 

 the* clearest place, we walked briskly towards the 

 boats. The Indians were in two bodies ; one ran 

 along the bank which had been quitted by the ma- 

 rines, the other fetched a compass by the swamp, so 

 that we could not see them : when they perceived 

 that we had formed into one body, they slackened their 

 pace, but still followed us in a gentle walk ; that they 

 slackened their pace, was for us, as well as for them, 

 a fortunate circumstance ; for when we came to the 

 side of the river, where we expected to find the boats 

 that were to carry us over to the wooders, we found 

 the pinnace at least a mile from her station, having 

 been sent to pick up a bird which had been shot by 

 the officer on shore, and the little boat was obliged 

 to make three trips before we could all get over to 

 the rest of the party. As soon as we were drawn up 

 on the other side, the Indians came down, not in a 

 body as we expected, but by two or three at a time, 

 all armed, and in a short time their number increased 



