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lhore, with the cooper to trim, and,a fufficient number of 
failors to fill them. Two men w r ere appointed to brew 
fpruce beer ; and the carpenter and his crew were ordered 
to cut wood. A boat, with a party of men, under the di¬ 
rection of one of the mates, was fent to colleCt grafs for our 
cattle; and the people that remained on board were em¬ 
ployed in refitting the Ihip, and arranging the provifions. 
In this manner we were all profitably bulled during our 
ftay. For the protection of the party on lhore, I appointed 
a guard of ten marines, and ordered arms for all the work¬ 
men ; and Mr. King, and two or three petty officers, con- 
ftantly remained with them. A boat was never fent to any 
confiderable diltance from the Ihips without being armed, 
and under the direction of fuch officers as I could depend 
upon, and who were well acquainted with the natives. 
During my former vifits to this country, I had never taken 
fome of thefe precautions; nor were they, I firmly believe, 
more neceffary now than they had been formerly. But after 
the tragical fate of the Adventure’s boat’s crew in this 
found, and of Captain Marion du Frefne, and of fome of 
his people, in the Bay of Illands *, it was impolfible totally 
to diveit ourfelves of all apprehenfion of experiencing a 
limilar calamity. 
If the natives entertained any fufpicion of our reveng¬ 
ing thefe aCIs of barbarity, they very foon laid it alide. 
For, during the courfe of this day, a great number of fa¬ 
milies came from different parts of the coaft, and took up 
their refidence clofe to us ; fo that there was not a fpot 
in the cove where a hut could be put up, that was not 
occupied by them, except the place where we had fixed 
* In 1772. 
Vol. I. B. our 
1777- 
February. 
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