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who had first come on board at our arrival in the 

 bay. As soon as it came alongside, Tupia renewed 

 the conversation that had passed the day before, 

 concerning their practice of eating human flesh, 

 during which they repeated what they had told us 

 already ; but, said Tupia, where are the heads ? do 

 you eat them too ? Of the heads, said the old man, 

 we eat only the brains, and the next time I come I will 

 bring some of them to convince you that what we 

 have told ,you is truth. After some farther convers- 

 ation between these people and Tupia, they told him 

 that they expected their enemies to come very 

 shortly, to revenge the death of the seven men whom 

 they had killed and eaten. 



On the 18th, the Indians were more quiet than 

 usual, no canoe came near the ship, nor did we see 

 one of them moving on the shore, their fishing, and 

 other usual occupations being totally suspended. We 

 thought they expected an attack on this day, and, 

 therefore, attended more diligently to what passed on 

 shore ; but we saw nothing to gratify our curiosity. 



After breakfast, we went out in the pinnace, to 

 take a view of the bay, which was of vast extent, 

 and consisted of numberless small harbours and coves, 

 in every direction : we confined our excursion, how- 

 ever, to the western side, and the country being an 

 impenetrable forest where we landed, we could see 

 nothing worthy of notice : we killed, however, a 

 good number of shags, which we saw sitting upon 

 their nests in the trees, and which, whether roasted 

 or stewed, we considered as very good provision. As 

 we were returning, we saw a single man in a canoe 

 fishing ; we rowed up to him, and, to our great sur- 

 prise, he took not the least notice of us, but even 

 when we were alongside of him, continued to folllow 

 his occupation, without adverting to us any more 

 than if we had been invisible. He did not, however, 

 appear to be either sullen or stupid : we requested 

 him to draw up his net, that we might examine it, 



