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security), and of course had nothing more than equal weapons to 

 repel this attack, the consequence of which was a defeat, being 

 overpowered by numbers ; and after receiving many hard thumps 

 were glad to get their own boats off, with half their oars broke, lost, 

 etc. This was an unfortunate stroke as matters now stood, as it 

 increased the confidence of these people, which before was too 

 much bordering upon insolence. 



" In the morning at daybreak, Lieutenant Burney, who was the 

 officer of the watch, acquainted me that the large cutter was taken 

 from the buoy where we had moored and sunk her, to prevent the 

 heat of the sun, which is very powerful, from renting the plank. 

 Upon examining part of her moorings that was left upon the buoy, 

 and was a four inch rope, I found plainly that it had been cut by 

 some instrument or other, which clearly evinced she must have 

 been taken away by the Indians, with which circumstance I directly 

 waited upon Captain Cook and made him acquainted ; and after 

 some conversation on the subject, he proposed that his boats 

 should go to the N. W. point of the bay, and mine to the S. E. 

 point, to prevent any canoe going away, and if any attempted it, to 

 drive them on shore ; for he said he would seize them all, and 

 made no doubt but to redeem them they would very readily return 

 the boat again. It was now between six and seven o'clock in 

 the morning. I returned on board to put these orders into 

 execution, and sent Lieutenant Rickman with the launch and small 

 cutter, with their crews and some marines, well armed, to the 

 station Captain Cook had assigned them. I soon after took the 

 jolly boat (which now was the only boat I had left), and came to 

 the Resolution, with an intention of having some more discourse 

 with Captain Cook upon this business ; but when I came near the 

 ship, Lieutenant Gore told me that Captain Cook was gone with 

 his pinnace, launch, and small cutter, to a town situated just 

 within the N. W. point, where King Terre'aboo and the major part 

 of the people of consequence then resided, upon which I returned 

 to my ship, concluding, as Captain Cook was gone to the king, 

 matters would soon be settled, for we were as yet by no means 

 on bad terms either with arees or anybody else. There were at 

 this time many small canoes trading about the ships. Soon after I 

 got on board, I observed some muskets discharged from my launch 

 and small cutter, upon which I sent the jolly boat to know how 

 matters went, and orders to Lieutenant Rickman, if he had made 

 any seizures of canoes, to send them to the ship by the jolly boat. 

 * It was now just eight o'clock, when we were alarmed by the 

 discharge of a volley of small arms from Captain Cook's people, 

 and a violent shout of the Indians. With my glass I clearly saw 

 that our people were drove off to their boats, but I could not dis- 

 tinguish persons in that confused crowd. The pinnace and launch, 

 however, continued the fire, and the Resolution, who was near 

 enough to throw her shot on shore, fired her cannon among them. 

 Thus circumstanced, without any boat to go to their assistance, 

 and, consequently, destitute of all means of rendering them any 

 kind of service, I was obliged to wait the return of these engaged 

 boats to hear the event of these unhappy differences. The crews 

 having fired away their ammunition, returned to the Resolution, 

 and Lieutenant Williamson, who commanded them upon this duty, 



