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whose kaiyack had been upset had a pistol under his 
shirt, and was about to take it from him, but I ordered 
him to desist, as I thought it might have been pur- 
chased from the Loucheux. It had been, in fact, 
stolen from Lieutenant Back, and the thief, perceiving 
our attention directed to it, leaped out of the boat, 
and joined his countrymen, carrying with: him the 
great coat which Augustus had. lent him. 
The. water had now ebbed so far, that it was not 
knee-deep at the boats, and the younger men wading 
in crowds around us,: tried to steal every thing within 
their reach ; slyly, however, and with so much dex- 
terity, as almost to escape detection. The moment 
this disposition was manifested, I directed the crews 
not to suffer any one to come alongside, and desired 
Augustus to tell the,two chiefs, who still remained 
seated in the Lion, that the noise and confusion 
occasioned by the crowd around the boats greatly im- 
peded onr exertions ; and that if they would go on 
shore and leave us for the present, we would hereafter 
return from the-ship which we expected to meet near 
this part of the coast, with a more abundant supply 
of goods. They received this communication with 
much apparent satisfaction, and jumping out of the 
boats repeated the speech aloud to their companions. 
From the general exclamation of “teyma,’”’ which 
followed, and from perceiving many of the elderly men 
