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from the shore, I shortened sail, and brought to for 

 the night, having at this time a fresh gale at S. S. E. 

 and squally ; but it soon became moderate, and at 

 two in the morning we made sail again to the S. W. 

 as the land now trended ; and at eight o'clock in 

 the morning saw land, which made like an island, 

 bearing west, the south-westernmost part of the main 

 bearing south-west ; and about nine no less than ^ve 

 canoes came off, in which were more than forty 

 men, all armed with their country pikes and battle- 

 axes, shouting, and threatening an attack ; this gave 

 us great uneasiness, and was, indeed, what we did 

 not expect ; for we hoped, that the report both of 

 our power and clemency had spread to a greater 

 extent. When one of these canoes had almost 

 reached the ship, another of an immense size, the 

 largest we had yet seen, crowded with people who 

 were also armed, put off from the shore, and came 

 up at a great rate : as it approached it received 

 signals from the canoe that was nearest to the ship ; 

 and we could see that it had sixteen paddles on a 

 side, beside people that sat, and others that stood in 

 a row from stem to stern, being in all about sixty 

 men : as they made directly to the ship, we were 

 desirous of preventing an attack, by showing what 

 we could do ; and, therefore, fired a gun, loaded 

 with grape-shot, a-head of them : this made them 

 stop, but not retreat j a round-shot was then fired 

 over them, and upon seeing it fall, they seized their 

 paddles and made towards the shore with such pre- 

 cipitation that they seemed scarcely to allow them- 

 selves time to breathe. In the evening, three or four 

 more canoes came oft* unarmed ; but they would not 

 venture within a musket-shot of the vessel. The 

 Cape off which we had been threatened with hostili- 

 ties I called, from the hasty retreat of the enemy. 

 Cape Runaway. It lies in latitude 37° 32' ; longi- 

 tude 181** 48'. In this day's run, we found that the 

 land, which made like an island in the morning, 



