■ t 7-6  Mr.  miller’s  Account  of 
on  my  cloaths,  and  endeavour  to  pull  them  off;  but  hav- 
ing a fmall  hanger,  I drew  it,  and,  making  a ftroke  at 
the  moft  officious  of  them,  retreated  as  faft  as  poffi- 
ble to  the  beach.  Soon  after  we  heard  the  found  of 
a conch-fhell;  upon  which  all  the  people  retired,  with  all 
poffible  expedition,  to  a party  of  about  two  hundred,  who 
were  affembled  at  about  a mile  diftance.  It  was  now 
near  Sun-fet,  and  we  were  near  a mile  from  our  boat; 
and,  as  I was  apprehenfive  we  might  be  way-laid  in  our 
return  if  we  ffind  longer,  I ordered  my  people  to  return 
with  all  poffible  fpeed;  but  firll  went  to  the  houfes  the 
natives  had  abandoned,  and  found  them  dripped  of 
every  thing;  fo  that  I fuppofe  this  party  had  been 
amufing  us  while  others  had  been  employed  in  remov- 
ing their  wives,  children,  Sec.  into  the  woods.  I intended 
to  have  attempted  another  day  to  have  penetrated  into 
the  country,  and  had  prepared  my  people  for  it;  but  the 
inconfiderate  refentment  of  an  officer,  who  was  fent  with 
me,  rendered  my  fcheme  abortive.  He  had  been  in  the 
boat  to  fome  of  the  natives  who  had  waded  out  on  a reef 
of  rocks  and  called  to  us ; they  had  brought  fome  cocoa- 
nuts,  for  which  he  gave  them  pieces  of  cloth:  one  of 
them  feeing  his  hanger  lying  befide  him  in  the  boat, 
{hatched  it  and  ran  away;  upon  which  he  fired  upon 
them,  and  purfued  them  to  fome  of  their  houfes,  which, 
finding 
