BY JAMES Kll.I^ . 107 



ugly' faces and pufcing himself into Most Singular atti- 

 tudes. While the old Man Was Engaged in his Dancing 

 and Singing we found out it was only to take our atten- 

 tion off What the Chief and his Men Were Doing, he 

 .id red them to gather pebble Stones about the Size of 

 Hens Eggs and put them 1! i wen thair Legs Where they 

 Sat for the purpose as we Suppos 'I bo make an alack on 

 us with the Stones at this our M a B gan to get alarmed 

 and Expecting some Mischief Would be Done We planed 

 it. to give them a few Swans" and gel ..IV a- Will as we 

 Could — Briggs — Broughl two Swan- from the Boat one 

 under Bach arm When tin Chief Saw them he Rushed at 

 Briggs to take tin' Swan- from him but did not Succeed 

 he then ordered hi- men t" give us a Volley" of Stones 

 Which they did by him giving them the time in most 

 Beautiful ord r by him I With the Swing <>f the arm 



dm i tines Yah' . yah", yah", and a 3 Volley ii Was, 



1 Had a pair of Lj ling Pistols in my Coal pocked 



Loaded with two Balls Each and then Was no, 



alternative" I fired one amongst them, Which D 



the other I fired after them as they Han awav two 

 of them Draged Briggs along the Ground a Little Distance 

 to get the Swans from him but did not Succeed the 

 Chief and his men Bun into the Bush and Was quickly" 

 out of Sight — on Looking Round after they had all 

 away we found the 6 I h Dancing Gentleman 



ing on his Rack on tli Ground We thought of Course he 

 was Dead" but on turning him over to Examine his 

 Wounds'' found lie had not a Blemish on him, his Puh 

 was going at 130" it must have been tin Report of the 

 l'i-ti Is" that frightened him. We then sel him on hi 



Could Wi Ih be >p a< d bis Ey< s" and t rem bled 

 Verry Much We Led him a few Steps toward- the Rush 

 I oil up Straight Looked around him and took one 

 .lump towards the Bush thi . v out of 



Sight as Soon as b< was out of Sight the Hills around 

 Echoed" with Shouts of Joy" from th Voi< - of Men 

 Women" and Childr a that the Daning" Gentleman had 

 escaped We measured the first .lump the old Man took, 

 it was Exactly Eleven yards but the Second one must 

 have been More this was More Like the Jump of a Kan- 

 garoo' than a Man — 



W< found 3< il Marks of Blood on the Stones in the 



tion that the Natives Run away When the Pistols 



of them must have been Wounded, we 



our Boat, Just as we Were pulling away we Re- 



• I a Volley" of Stones and Spears from the Natives 



Spear Went through the Side of the Boat But Luck- 



