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'777- it fnatched up the bread as an equivalent; and then the quar- 



Fibiuary. 



rel began. 



The remainder of Kahoora's account of this unhappy af- 

 fair, differed very little from what we had befoi'e learnt, 

 from the reft of his countrymen. He mentioned the narrow 

 efcape he had, during the fray; a mufquet being levelled at 

 him, which he avoided by fkulking behind the boat ; and 

 another man, who ftood clofe to him, was fliot dead. As 

 foon as the mufquet was difcharged, he inftantly feized the 

 opportunity to attack Mr. Rowe, who commanded the party, 

 and who defended himfelf with his hanger (with which he 

 wounded Kahoora in the arm), till he was overpowered by 

 numbers. 



Mr. Burney, who was fent by Captain Furneaux the next 

 day *, with an armed party, to look for his miffing people, 

 upon difcovering the horrid proofs of their (hocking fate, 

 had fired feveral vollies amongft the crowds of natives who 

 ftill remained aflembled on the fpot, and were, probably, 

 partaking of the deteftable banquet. It was natural to fup- 

 pofe that he had not fired in vain ; and that, therefore, fome 

 of the murderers and devourers of our unhappy country- 

 men had fufFered under our juft refentment. Upon inquiry, 

 however, into this matter, not only from Kahoora, but 

 from others who had opportunities of knowing, it appeared 

 that our fuppofition was groundlefs, and that not one of the 

 fliot fired by Mr. Burney's people had taken ellecT:, fo as to 

 kill, or even to hurt, a fingle perfon. 



It was evident, that moft of the natives we had met with 

 fince our arrival, as they knew I was fully acquainted with 



* See his Narrative. Cook's Voyage, Vol. ii, p. 255 — 259. 



the 



