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 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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