and they were obferved defcribing to thofe who had not 
been on board, how much longer the knives of the drip’s 
crew were than their own. It was at this time, that my 
boat was on the founding duty; which they mud: have 
feen; for they proceeded diredtly for her, after their dif- 
appointment at the Difcovery. I have not the lead doubt, 
that their vifiting us fo very early in the morning was with 
a view to plunder; on a fuppodtion, that they drould find 
every body afieep. 
May we not, from thefe circumftances, reafonably infer, 
that thefe people are unacquainted with fire-arms ? For 
certainly, if they had known any thing of their effect, they 
never would have dared to attempt taking a boat from un¬ 
der a drip’s guns, in the face of above a hundred men ; for 
mod of my people were looking at them, at the very in- 
dant they made the attempt. However, after all thefe 
tricks, we had the good fortune to leave them as ignorant, 
in this refpe£i, as we found them. For they neither heard 
nor faw a mufquet fired, unlefs at birds. 
Jud as we were going to weigh the anchor, to proceed 
farther up the bay, it began to blow and to rain as hard as 
before ; fo that we were obliged to bear away the cable 
again, and lay fad. Toward the evening, finding that the 
gale did not moderate, and that it might be fome time be¬ 
fore an opportunity offered to get higher up, I came to a 
refolution to heel the diip where we were; and, with this 
view, moored her with a kedge-anchor and hawfer. In 
heaving the anchor out of the boat, one of the leamen, 
either through ignorance or careleffnefs, or both, was car¬ 
ried over-board by the buoy-rope, and followed the anchor 
to the bottom. It is remarkable, that, in this very critical 
fituation, he had prefence of mind to difengage himfelf, and 
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