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were Mr. Rowe ; Mr. Woodhouse ; Francis Murphy, 

 quarter-master; William Facey, Thomas Hill, Mi- 

 chael Bell, and Edward Jones, forecastle-men; John 

 Cavenaugh and Thomas Milton, belonging to the 

 after-guard ; and James Sevilley, the captain's man, 

 being ten in all. Most of these were of our very 

 best seamen, the stoutest and most healthy people in 

 the ship. Mr. Burney's party brought on board two 

 hands, one belonging to Mr. Rowe, known by a hurt 

 he had received on it ; the other to Thomas Hill, as 

 before-mentioned ; and the head of the captain's 

 servant. These, with more of the remains, were 

 tied in a hammock and thrown over-board, with bal- 

 last and shot sufficient to sink it. None of their arms 

 nor clothes were found, except part of a pair of 

 trowsers, a frock, and six shoes, no two of them being 

 fellows. 



I am not inclined to think this was any premedi- 

 tated plan of these savages ; for, the morning Mr. 

 Rowe left the ship, he met two canoes, which came 

 down and stayed all the forenoon in Ship Cove. It 

 might probably happen from some quarrel which was 

 decided on the spot ; or the fairness of the opportu- 

 nity might tempt them, our people being so incau- 

 tious, and thinking themselves too secure. Another 

 thing which encouraged the New Zealanders, was, 

 they were sensible that a gun was not infallible, that 

 they sometimes missed, and that when discharged, 

 they must be loaded before they could be used again, 

 which time they knew how to take advantage of. 

 After their success, I imagine there was a general 

 meeting on the east side of the sound. The Indians 

 of Shag Cove were there ; this we knew by a cock 

 which was in one of the canoes, and by a long single 

 canoe, which some of our people had seen four days 

 before in Shag Cove, where they had been with Mr. 

 Rowe in the cutter. 



We were detained in the sound by contrary winds 

 four days after this melancholy affair happened, dur- 



