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fired again, which had the desired effect of put- 

 ting the Indian and his companions to flight 

 towards the shore. 



After several warlike manifestations, peace 

 was soon concluded. Cook, having landed with 

 a small party, advanced alone towards a crowd 

 of three or four hundred natives who were as- 

 sembled on the shore, armed with spears and 

 bows and arrows. He carried a branch in his 

 hand. Seeing this, one of the chiefs laid down 

 his bow and arrows, and, also taking a branch, 

 went to meet the stranger, with whom he ex- 

 changed the emblems of peace. 



It was impossible for the Englishmen to effect 

 much barter with these people, for they at- 

 tached no value to nails and other iron objects, 

 nor even to trinkets. The only traffic which took 

 place was an exchange of arrows for cloth. To 

 the amazement of the Englishmen, the natives 

 showed a scrupulous honesty throughout these 

 transactions. 



Having left Port Sandwich — ^which was the 

 name he gave to the harbour in which he had 

 anchored — Cook continued to explore the vicin- 

 ity of the Archipelago of the Great Cyclades. 

 He discovered a group of islands which he 

 called Shepherd Islands, in honour of his friend 

 Dr. Shepherd, Professor of Astronomy at Cam- 

 bridge, and he saw several others. Navigation 



