away, but ?very time his head appeared above the rock, whieh concealed him finn us, a pintol or a nltmlna was fired to pr?rmt him m?tpe; at lut? ?, he spr? up, and, lenpin? upon tim r?k, with a violent effort, was instmtanemmly As ,mort as he was gone we pulled round to tim randy bay, wh.e? tile nativeit !red landrod, and overtook Mr. Bedwell, who was passing by the ? Upon the beach wo found two eatma- tans, or, floats, on each of which a large bundle of spears was tied with ligatures of bark; and en searching about the grass we soon found and secured all their riches, consisting of water- of the htter were of large size, and very rough- ly made, and one was headed with a piece of stone cttriously pointed and worked. This last spear is propelled by a throwing-stick, ,which was also found lying by it. A_qer launching the ?*?,?,ans, and securing every thing found upon them, they were towed round by the boats to where we had fired upon the natives, whilst' a party. walked over land .to examine the place. On the way several spears were d/scovered placed ready for use on their ?
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