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natives, some with cutlasses, and others 
with guns, repelled the unjustifiable at¬ 
tack ; and during the affray, several of 
our men were slightly injured, and one 
badly wounded, whose life was despair¬ 
ed of for some time. The offenders 
were arrested, sent on board, and put 
in irons. 
On the next day, 27th, Mr, Bingham 
came on board with the captain and wit¬ 
nesses against the men engaged the 
preceding day, in the assault on shore. 
After a fair examination of evidence in 
the case, the aggressors were properly 
punished, and ordered to their duty.— 
The whale ships now began to arrive 
for the purpose of recruiting, and for 
some particular reasons, several of the 
captains of those ships requested capt¬ 
ain Percival to remain at the Island as a 
protection to them, till they could ob¬ 
tain the necessary supplies, and resume 
their cruises. From the present date, 
nothing of importance occurred that 
would be interesting to readers, till A- 
pril 3d, when great preparations were 
