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about with guns, one of them with a red feather on his 

 head, and who was said to be Warres-Nangre, went 

 behind the large rock on tlie shore and disappeared ; others 

 were by the houses under tlie cocoa-nut trees, or sitting down 

 talking together. They soon changed their quarters after 

 the firing began, and they had witnessed the bursting of the 

 first shell, which cut some of the cocoa-nut trees in half. 

 The rockets, too, went hissing away, and dashing through 

 the bush. There was a fortified cave on the right of the 

 village, having a fence, with a gate closing its entrance, and 

 in the middle of this fence was a long pole with a flag upon 

 it, which appeared to be made of several strips of calico or 

 tapa. The way up to the cave seemed to be between two 

 large rocks, and was filled up with small trees. A shell 

 from the big Armstrong went straight up the passage and 

 burst at the entrance of the cave at the foot of the largest 

 rock, judging from the smoke that rose from that spot. 

 Another struck against the rock on the left of the entrance. 

 I saw a shell go right through a house, which of course did 

 not offer much resistance, followed by a hollow shot which 

 burst among the trees. The port guns, only, of the upj^er 

 and main decks, with the big Armstrong gun in the bows, 

 were used, together with rockets. Mr. Gordon did not 

 remain on deck during the shelling, but he made his 

 appearance at three o'clock, as soon as the firing ceased. 

 From what he said, he did not think enough had been done ; 

 he was of opinion that ' the natives would imagine we had 

 done all we could do, and which they would probably find 



