234 NEW PERILS ENCOUNTERED. 
little uninhabited island near the coast, where 
they found fine flavoured fruits, oysters, and 
the most delicious water, all in abundance. 
Refreshed by wholesome nourishment, they 
reposed with rapture for one night on terra 
firma; but the rising sun discovered new perils. 
The savages, armed with spears, had assembled 
on the opposite coast, and threatened them with 
a powerful irruption, which they thought it 
prudent to avoid, by a precipitate retreat from 
the island. 
They sailed through the channel with fine 
weather, and a tranquil sea. The natives 
beckoned from the shore with green boughs, 
inviting them to land; but Bligh would not 
trust the intentions of this little hideous negro 
race. 
Some other uninhabited islands served them 
as resting-places, and for recruiting their stores 
with fresh water and fruits. Reanimated by 
the hope of soon reaching the island of Timor 
and the term of their sufferings, the best spirits 
now prevailed among them. 
But the object of their wishes was still far dis- 
tant. When the boat had passed the Torres 
