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demonstration. Being Sunday, I read prayers 

 to-day. 



Nov. 20th. — Taylor died this morning', and we 

 buried him in the evening, by the side of Douglas, 

 and I read the funeral service over him. 



JVov. 21st. — ^About sixty natives came to the 

 camp this morning, well armed with spears, and 

 pieces of fish, which they held up to us, to entice us 

 to come to them. We took no notice, however, of 

 their invitations, but preparing our fire-arms, we 

 turned out. They were now closing round us in all 

 directions, many of them with their spears in their 

 throwiug-sticks, ready for use — pointing them to 

 their own necks and sides, and shewing us by their 

 postures how we should writhe with pain when they 

 struck us. Then they would change their tactics 

 and again endeavom" to persuade us that they meant 

 us no harm, but they would not lay down their 

 spears. Some of them seemed inclined to go awa}-, 

 but others appeared determined to attack us. After 

 keeping us standing about an hour, eleven spears 

 were thrown at us. Three of my party then fired, 

 slightly wounding one of them, when they all im- 

 mediately ran away as fast as they could. Some 

 of them, however, remained hovering in sight for 

 some time after. Three of the spears that were 

 throT\Ti fell short of us, the rest passing very close, 

 but fortunatel}- no one was hm"t ; the three spears 

 which passed us were barbed with bone, and ^vere 

 very heavy. 



