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©ur ship which we came in; but had on¬ 
ly two masts. I told them we had ves¬ 
sels of all descriptions, some with one 
mast only. They said the men on board 
did not look like us, and that they were 
very saucy. I informed the natives the 
vessel was a war vessel, and that if mo¬ 
lested by the natives, they would shoot 
them. The natives said they would 
take the vessel and kill all the men on 
board. I told them their safety con¬ 
sisted in friendship, and that any hos¬ 
tile attack on the crew of the schooner 
would lead to their own destruction.— 
They then set sail for Milly, to inform* 
the chiefs of the arrival of the vessel at 
the head Island. The chiefs of Milly 
gave orders to launch the canoes, 15 in 
number, to go and take the schooner. 
These canoes were manned by 200 na¬ 
tives. My master’s canoe not being in 
perfect repair, we could not join the 
party. On the night of the 25 th, (Nov.) 
we saw several of the canoes returning 
towards the Island where I was. From 
one of the canoes landed the high chief. 
