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hunting gun from him ; but upon his refufing to part 

 with it and retiring to the fmall boat, the iflanders ran 

 after him ; and feized the rope by which the boat was 

 made fall; to fliore. This violent attack obhged TliuprofF 

 to fire ; and having wounded one perfon in the hand, 

 tljey all let go their hold ; and he rowed off to the fliip. 

 The Savages no fooner faw that their companion was hurt, 

 ■than they threw off their cloaths, carried the wounded 

 perfon naked into the fea, and waflied him. In confe- 

 quence of this encounter the Ihip's crew would not ven- 

 ture to winter at this place, but rowed back again to the 

 other illand, where they came to an anchor. 



The next morning Tfiuproff, and a certain ShafFyrin 

 landed with a more confiderable party : they obferved 

 feveral traces of inhabitants; but meeting no one they 

 returned to the fliip, and coafted along the ifland. The 

 following day the Coffhc Shekurdin went on fliore, ac- 

 companied by five f?ilors : two of whom he fent back 

 with a fupply of water ; and remained himfelf with the 

 others in order to hunt fea-otters. At night they came 

 to fome dwellings inhabited by five families : upon their 

 approach the natives abandoned their huts with precipi- 

 tation, and hid themfelves among the rocks. Shekur- 

 din no fooner returned to the fliip, than he was again 

 fent on fliore v*'ith a larger company, in order to look out 

 for a proper place to lay up the velTel during winter : In 

 their way they obferved fifteen iflanders upon an height ; 

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