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where the cutter had been attacked by the IndiaBS, to which, for 

 that reason, we gave the name of Bloody Bay. In this bay is a 

 small rivulet of fresh water, and here we saw many houses 

 regularly built ; close to the waterside stood one much longer 

 than any of the rest, which seemed to be a kind of common hall 

 or council-house, and was neatly built and thatched. This was 

 the building in which our people had been received who were on 

 shore here with the master, and they told me both the sides and 

 floor were lined with a kind of fine matting, and a great number 

 of arrows, made up into bundles, were hung up in it ready 

 for use. They told me also that at this place there were many 

 gardens, or plantations, which were enclosed by a fence of stone, 

 and planted with cocoa-nut trees, bananas, plantains, yams, and 

 other vegetables; the cocoa-nut trees we saw from the ship, in great 

 numbers, among the houses of the village. About three miles to 

 the westward of this town we saw another of considerable extent, 

 in the front of which, next to the waterside, there was a breast- 

 work of stone, about 4 feet 6 inches high, not in a straight line, 

 but in angles, like a fortification ; and there is great reason to 

 suppose, from the weapons of these people, and their military 

 courage, which must in great measure be the eff'ect of habit, that 

 they have frequent wars among themselves. As we proceeded 

 westward from this place we found, at the distance of two or three 

 miles, a small bight, forming a kind of bay, in which a river 

 empties itself. Upon taking a view of this river from the mast- 

 head, it appeared to run very far into the country, and at the 

 entrance, at least, to be navigable for small vessels. This river 

 we called G-ranville's River, and to the westward of it is a point, 

 to which we gave the name of Perrer's Point. From this ^oint 

 the land forms a large bay, and near it is a town of great extent, 

 which seemed to swarm like a beehive : an incredible multitude 

 came out of it as the ship passed by, holding something in their 

 hands which looked like a wisp of green grass, with which they 

 seemed to stroke each other, at the same time dancing or running 

 in a ring. About seven miles to the westward of Point Perrers 

 is another, that was called Carteret Point, from which a reef of 



