no COO K*s VOYAGE, 
which being equally difappointed, they fuddenly leaped into 
their canoe in a rage, and began to paddle towards the lhore. 
At the fame time, I went into the boat with Mr. Banks, 
and five or fix of the Ihip’s crew, and we got aftiore before 
them, where many more of our people were already en- 
gaged in various employments ; as icon as they landed, they 
leized their arms, and, before we were aware of their de- 
fign, they fnatched a brand from under a pitch ket le which 
was boiling, and makiug a circuit o the windward of the 
few things we had on lhore, they fet fire to the grals in their 
way, with lurprifing quicknels and dexterity : the grafs, 
which was five or fix feet high, and as dry as ftubble, burnt 
with amazing fury ; and the fire made a rapid prcgrefs to- 
wards a tent of Mr. Banks’s, which had been fet up for 
Tupia when he was lick, taking in its courle a fow and pigs, 
one of which it fcorched to death. Mr, Banks leaped into a 
boat, and fetched feme people from on board, juft time 
enough to fave his tent, by hauling it down upon the beach ; 
but the fmith’s forge, at leaft fuch part of it as would burn, 
was confirmed, While this was doing, the Indians went to a 
place at fome diftance, where feveral of our people were 
walhing, and where our nets, among which was *he feine, 
and a great quantity of linen, were laid out to dry; here 
they again fet fire to the grafs, entirely difregarding both 
threats and entreaties. We were therefore obliged to dif- 
eharge a mufquet, loaded with fmall Ihot, at one of them, 
which drew blood at the diftance of about forty yards, and 
this putting them to flight, we extinguilhed the fire at this 
place before it had made much progrefs ; but where the 
grafs had been firft kindled, it fpread into the woods to a 
great diftance. As the Indians were ftill in fight, I fired a 
mufquet, charged with ball, abreaft of them among the 
mangroves, to convince them that they were not yet out of our 
reach : upon hearing the ball they quickened their pace, and 
we foon loft fight of them. We thought they would now give 
u no more trouble ; but foon after we heard their voices in 
til • woods, and perceived they came nearer and nearer. I fet 
oui., therefore, with Mr. Banks and 3 or 4m. re, to meet them: 
when our parties came in fight of each other, they halted ; ex- 
cept one old man who came forward to meet us : at length he 
flopped, and having uttered fome words, which we were very 
forry we could not underftand, he went back to his compa- 
nions, and the whole body flowly retreated. We found means 
however to feize fome of their darts, and continued “o follow 
them about a mile : we then fat down upon fome ock , from 
which we could obferve their rcodons, and they al o f.t down 
at about an hundred yards diftance. After a ftiort ti ne, the 
old man again advanced towards us, carrying in his hand a 
lance 
