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kett's, but was not permitted ; he then went on 

 and kissed Mr. Shaw's, who was in the rear. 



" Immediately after Mr. Haskett called out,' 

 " They want to take my musket fr#nv xne ;" 

 and Mr. Carter exclaimed, " My God! my 

 God ! they have murdered me!" Mr. Haskett 

 discharged his musket at the next man to him ; 

 on the report of it, the natives all fled into the 

 bushes. 



" Here was a horrid spectacle for Mr. Haskett 

 to behold ; Mr. Carter lying on the ground in 

 a gore of blood, and Mr. Shaw with a large cut 

 in his throat under the left jaw ; but luckily 

 they were both able to rise and proceed down 

 the hill with all possible speed, firing at the na- 

 tives wherever they saw them. 



" When they arrived on the beach they called 

 out " Fire ! fire t" But what must have been 

 their feelings when they perceived Cap t. Hill 

 and one of the seamen dead upon the beach, 

 cut and mangled in a shocking manner ; they 

 shortly after perceived two of the seamen float- 

 ing on the water between the boat and the 

 beach, with their throats cut from ear to ear. 

 After some difficulty, the unhappy survivors 

 made a shift to get on board the boat. 



" They found that the natives had taken all 

 their provisions, boat cloaks, &c. started the 

 water out of their kegs, and left the fourth 

 sailor dead in the boat, cut and mangled in the 

 most shocking manner. 



" They tried to get in their grapnel, but found 

 it impossible, it was so entangled amongst the 

 rocks by the natives. They therefore cut it; 



