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came from a wood that was clofe to the town, and rufhing 
out by different ways, reprefented to the fpe£lators a mock 
fight; after which they joined in one band, and began a kind 
of dance, with their fpears in their hands; during which four 
large fpears were brought and prefented to Captain Wilson 
by the Chief of the band, one at a time, he making a fhort 
fpeech at the delivery of each of them, and then returned to 
join the dance; he alfo prefented the Captain with a fword, 
made of very hard wood, and curioufly inlaid with fhell.— 
This dance lafted about an hour; when it was ended, Captain 
Wilson enquired of the linguift the meaning of lome hu¬ 
man fkulls he faw placed over the outfide of the doors at the 
ends of the great houfe ; he directly went and afked Raa 
Kook, who gave him the following account:—That the 
Rupacks and principal men of Emungs having gone on 
fome particular occafion to another illand, taking with them 
a confiderable number of the inhabitants, a party of the 
Artingall people landed at their town, and killing many 
who could not efcape into the woods, fet their houfes on 
fire ; the news of which being brought to Abba Thulle, 
he immediately aftembled his canoes and warriors, and 
went and attacked them before they had quitted the place; 
that being fo unexpectedly befet, many were killed, and the 
reft fled, fome in their canoes, and others into the woods; 
that the Rupacks and people of Emungs returning at this 
jun&ure, 
