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CHAPTER IV. 
71s ualwf in a Jham fight fie^dJ their maWavrings m Imf- 
fie, — Mannsr cf thro^coir^g the affaygay dcficrihed. — T/?^-^ 
hn(j-hoat and crdw never feen or heard of mire. — Caffree 
Chief confshts to their departure, Provides them nmth 
guides. — Condu&s\them toahrookoffreflo ivater ^^vhicb^ 
ran through thshollo'oj of a fequeftered ^joood.—Apfrehen* 
Jiom of the cre^w nfpe^iing the Caf^rees defcnhed, — Natives 
and the cre'jo remain together ail r^ht in the h9Uo<w.' — 
Frejh alarms. — Caffree Chief prefmts the Captain on the 
next day ^Ath another bullock. — The departure of the crew 
on the enfuing mornings and the kind behaviour of the nnh- 
tives on that occafim defcrlbed* 
H AVING fecured all we could obtain at 
prefent from the wrecks I requcfted 
the Chief to order fome of his people to fltew^ 
me how they ufed their assaygays. This 
is a fpear of about four feet fix inches in 
length, made of an elaftic wood, and point- 
ed with iron, which they contrive to poifon 
fo cfFeclually that if it wounds either man or 
beaft, death is the inevitable confequence. 
My wiflies were immediately gratified. 
They firfi: placed a block of wood on tjie 
ground, and then retired about feventy 
yards from the fpot where it lay. The chief 
then told me, I would now behold' their 
manner of fighting when engaged in battle; 
Thefe compliances, as they feemed to re- 
move my former fufpicions, gave me great 
