x 7 2,  Mr.  mi ller’s  Account  of 
whether  it  was  inhabited:  to  this  iiland  I have  made  a 
voyage.  With  great  difficulty  and  danger  we  beat  up 
the  whole  South-weft  fide  of  it,  without  finding  any 
place  where  we  could  attempt  to  land;  and  we  loft  two 
anchors,  and  had  very  near  fuffered  fhipwreck  before  we ' 
found  a fecurc  place  into  which  \vc  might  run  the  veflel. 
At  laft,  however,- We  di (covered  a fpacious  harbour  at  the' 
Scmth-eaft  end  of  the  iiland,  and  1 immediately  went  into 
it  in  the  boat,  and  ordered  the  veflel  to  follow  me  as  foon 
as  poffible,  for  it  Was  then  a dead  calm.  We  rowed  di- 
rectly into  this  bay;  and  as  loon  as  we  had  got  round  the 
points  of  an  iiland  which  lay  off  the  harbour,  we  dif- 
covered  all  the  beach  covered  with  naked  favages,  who 
were  all  armed  with  lances  and  clubs;  and  twelve  canoes 
full  of  them,  who,  till  wTe  had  palled  them,  had  lain  con- 
cealed, immediately  rullied out  upon  me,  making  a horrid' 
noife : this,  you  may  fuppofe,  alarmed  us  greatly ; and  as 
I had  only  one  European  and  four  black  foldiers,  befides 
the  four  lafcars  that  rowed  the  boat,  I thought  it  belt  to  re- 
turn, if  poffible,  under  the  guns  of  the  veflel,  before  I 
ventured  to  fpeak  with  them.  In  cafe  we  were  attacked,  I 
ordered  the  feapoys  to  referve  their  fire  till  they  could  be 
fure  their  balls  would  take  effedl;  and  then  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  the  confufion  our  firing  would  throw  the 
favages  into,  and  attack  them,  if  poffible,  with  their 
a bayonets. 
