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j 7 8 3 « on the raft, or from their voice and fpirits being exhaufled F 
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or from the Hidden joy of perceiving they were fo near 
.again to their comrades, but the halloo was anfwered in fo 
fhrill and unaccuftomed a manner, that thofe*who were in 
the jolly-boat, who had previoufly heard the paddling of 
oars, fuppofed they were nativesas the people who had re¬ 
mained on fhore in the morning with the flores, had dif* 
eovered, after the boats had left them, traces of fome people 
having been lately upon the ifland, by feeing places where 
there had been fires, with fome fifh bones and pieces of 
cocoa-nut fhells fcattered about, that had not the appear¬ 
ance of having lain long there; thefe circumftances in¬ 
ducing the jolly-boat’s crew to conclude, that the return 
of the halloo came from a party of the natives, they pre¬ 
cipitately returned back into the cove.: The pinnace ar¬ 
riving foon after, all: thefe alarms were diffipated, and an 
univerfal joy fpread itfelf over every countenance on fee¬ 
ing one another again on dry land. They fliook hands 
together with the utmoft cordiality, every one feeling 
rliofe emotions that could ill be expreffed by the moft 
forcible language. They got part of a cheefe, fome bifcuit, 
and a little water, for their fupper; and by means of dif- 
charging a piflol, loaded with powder, into fome match 
which they picked loofe to ferve as tinder, they kindled 
a fire in the cove,, where they dried their clothes, which 
were thoroughly wet, and flept on the ground alternately, 
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