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convince them that they had nothing to dread from us, we 
rowed after them, in order to prefent them with fome trifles 
which we had about us. When we approached the canoes, 
an old woman in one of them began to cafl her fifh overboard, 
in great hafte; whether it was for fear that we fhould take 
them from her, or whether fhe threw them to us, we could 
not afcertain. However, when we came along-fide, our 
condud: foon convinced her that her alarms, with refped: 
to us, were groundlefs. She had in the canoe with her 
a young girl, whom, as fhe wore a complete apron, we 
could not help confidering as fuch an inftance of female 
decency, as we had not at any other time obferved among 
the natives. The girl did not betray the leaft fign of 
apprehenfion, but rather feemed pleafed at the interview. 
She laughed immoderately, either at us, or at the petulance 
fhown by the old woman, who, I believe, was more terrified 
on the girl's account than on her own. After this we 
left them fully fatisfied that we did not mean to oiFer them 
any injury. 
We difcovered the Nem Holland Creeper ; (See plate 
annexed). The general colour of the bird is black, fpotted 
in various parts with wliite : the bill is duiky^ growing paler 
towards 
