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furprifed at finding it perforated. Pie then, by figns and 
geftures, feemed to afk if the piftol would make a hole 
through him ; and on being made fenfible that it would, 
he fhowed not the fmallefl: figns of fear; on the contrary- 
he endeavoured, as we conftrued his motions, to imprefs us 
with an idea of the fuperiority of his own arms, which he 
applied to his breaft, and by ftaggering, and a fhow of 
falling, feemed to wifh us to underftand that the force and 
effe<^l of them was mortal, and not to be refifted. How- 
ever, I am well convinced that they know and dread the 
fuperiority of our arms, notwithftanding this fhow of indif- 
ference ; as they, on all occafions, have difcovered a diflike 
to a' mufquet : and fo very foon did they make themfelves 
acquainted with the nature of our military drefs, that, from 
the firft, they carefully avoided a foldier, or any perfon 
wearing a red coat, which they feem to have marked as a 
iighting vefture. Many of their warriors, or diftinguifhed 
men, we obferved to be painted in ftripes, acrofs the breaft 
and back, which at fome little diftance appears not unlike 
our foldiers crofs belts. 
24th. The boats were employed in getting water and 
grafs for the live ftock ; as the governor, finding Port Jack- 
fon 
