70 SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL 
i 82h These natives were more robust-looking men 
Aug:. 8. than any we had before seen; the tallest must 
have been at least six feet two inches high; 
their bodies were scarred all over ; their teeth 
perfect, and they were quite naked. The shorter 
native had his hair collected into a knob at the 
top of his head, which gave him a ferocious ap- 
pearance. The punishment they so justly re- 
ceived will make them respect in future the for- 
midable nature of our arms. 
At night we hauled the seine, and procured 
about four dozen fish, principally mullet. An 
armed party was stationed above the beach to 
prevent any attack from the natives, but they 
9. did not shew themselves. On the following 
day we again heard them shouting and hallooing, 
but it was some time before we could observe 
their situation ; at last five were discovered by 
the aid of a telescope, seated on the summit 
of a hill behind the beach, occupied in making 
spears ; at a little distance were two others, 
one of whom was distinguished to be the na- 
tive that had escaped unwounded; the other, a 
stranger, was chopping a branch off a tree, which 
he \Vas seen to trim and scrape into a rough 
spear. During the time they were thus em- 
ployed, they frequently hallooed to us ; no notice 
was however taken of their cries, although the 
