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amidft the general confufion. There Hill remained the 

 faithful interpreter Kaflimak. and three hoftages. The 

 whole number of the Ruffians amounted to only fix- 

 teen perfons ; and of thefe three were lick of the fcurvy. 

 Under thefe circumftances they fecured themfelves be- 

 tween their baidar and fome empty barrels, which they 

 covered with feal-fkins, while the fails were fpread over 

 them in form of a tent. Two Ruffians kept watch ; 

 and there being no appearance of any iflanders, the 

 others retired to lleep. 



Before break of day, about an hundred favages ad- j^' p^g^^'" 



vancing fecretly from the fea-fule, threw their darts at ed'by the Na- 

 tives. 

 the diftance of twenty yards-with fuch force, that many 



of them pierced through the baidar and the fkins ; 

 others fell from above through the fails. By this dif- 

 charge, the tv/o perfons who kept watch, together with 

 the three hoftages, were killed upon the fpot ; and all 

 the Ruffians v/ere wounded. The latter indeed were lb 

 effeilually furprifed, as to be prevented from having 

 recourfe to their fire-arms, hi this diftrefs Korovin 

 fallied out, in company with four Ruffians, and at- 

 tacked the enemy with lances : tv/o of the iiivages were 

 killed, and the others driven to fiiffht. Korovin and Ti.e ;itrcr 



'=' repaired. 



his party were fo fevercly wounded, that th;;y had 

 fcarcely flrength fufficient to return to their tent. 



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