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heels, and in a few moments they again returned 

 to the charge ; but, however, when they faw 

 two of their party brought to the grou/.d by 

 mufket fliots, and wounded fo as not to be able 

 to crawl into the woods but with much diffi- 

 culty, the panic became general ; they dcd, and 

 not one of them any longer harboured the fmal- 

 left idea of attacking us. 



At the time when this aftairwas taking place 

 the commander of the expedition was fetting 

 QiT to go. from his fhip on board of the Efpc- 

 rance ; he immediately rowed towards the fuore, 

 but the favages were entirely difperfed when he 

 arrived. 



Our fifnermcn, before they had been difturbcd 

 by the islanders, had taken feveral fpecies of 

 fccri)ccn2s amoni^; which that known by the name 

 oi fcorpcena digiiaia^ ib f^vercly pricked one of 

 our boat's crew in the hand, that he lejt for 

 fbme hours a very violent pain all the \v?y lap 

 his arm. 



The next morning, the 9th, at day-break, v. e 

 landed on the ihore the neareft to our fhip; v, r 

 then penetrated into the \roods, to the nunfbcr 

 cf iivj all well armed, and walked fo.; a K'^ ;'*.'. 

 Lime to the ibuth Ibuth-well. 1 found ia ihis 

 excuriion a greai many vegetable p/cd'i-tioni 

 which I had not belbre gathered. 



.1 fbon remarked a large br(^av;-hi"'n tree 



iiuwino; 



