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c H AT. and hat were afterwards found, both pierced with fpears. 
XII. 
— ' in one of the huts of the natives ; but no intelligence 
of the man could be gained^ There could be little 
doubt that the convi6ls had been the a8:s:refrors, though 
the man who returned ftrongly denied having given any 
kind of provocation. . 
joth May, On the thirtieth of May, two men who had been 
^' ° employed in colleding ruflies for thatch at fome diftance 
ifrom the camp, were found dead. One of them had 
four fpears in his body, one of which had pierced 
entirely through it: the other had not any marks of 
violence upon him. In this cafe it was clearly proved 
that the firft injury had been offered by the unfortunate 
men, who paid fo dearly for their difhonefty and difobe- 
dience of orders ; for they had been feen with a canoe, 
which they had taken from one of the fifhing places. 
Thefe events were much regretted by Governor Phillip, 
as tending entirely to the fruftration of the plan he 
had fo much at heart, of conciliating the affedlions of 
the natives, and eftablifliing a friendly intercourfe with 
them. 
As the rufh-cutters tools had been carried away, the 
Governor thought it might be pofhble to difcover the 
natives who had been concerned in this unfortunate 
affray ; and to make them underftand that the condu(5l 
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