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4?^ HISTORY OF 



proposed to accompany him, in order to make 

 some observations on the soil, produce, and 

 inhabitants, of this new-discovered island. 



< c On the 3d in the morning, these gentlemen 

 having provided themselves with presents for 

 the natives, consisting of penknives, scissars, 

 razors, beads, &c. and with plenty of arms and 

 ammunition, in case of attack, embarked on 

 board a boat, and at noon reached the island. 



" The natives received them very kindly, and 

 conducted the boat to a convenient place for 

 landing. After they had gone ashore, and 

 distributed some presents amongst the natives, 

 which they appeared to be very much pleased 

 with, it was proposed, that Messrs. Shaw, Carter, 

 and Haskett, should proceed to the top of a high 

 point of land, and that Capt. Hill should stay 

 by the boat with the four seamen. 



" They accordingly armed themselves with a 

 musquet each, and a sufficient quantity of pow- 

 der and ball to begin their journey properly 

 accoutred. 



" There were by this time great numbers of the 

 natives, men, women, and children, assembled 

 round them, the men and children quite naked, 

 and the women with no other covering than a 

 leaf over such parts as nature had taught them 

 to conceal. 



" The gentlemen, when properly equipped, 

 made signs to them that they were in want of wa- 

 ter, on which, with the greatest chearfulness, they 

 conducted them to an excellent spring pf water, 

 frequently kissing the hands of the party on 



