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234 their heads a handkerchief and neck-cloth which he offered them. They, however, appeared terrified at the ight of his hanger, which he hewed them how to ue; nor were their fears quieted till he made them a preent of it. He endeavoured in vain to peruade them to come to the place where our hips lay at anchor: the avages walked away, following the ame path in a direction oppoite to that which led to the hore.

Some of our men having landed on the other ide of the trait, came to a large fire, round which eight avages, each of whom had a kangarou kin wrapped round his houlders, at warming themelves under the helter of four fences againt the wind. They immediately ran away as oon as they aw our people.

An old woman who had the care of their proviions, which he did not chooe to leave behind her, was oon overtaken by ome of the ailors. She accepted with an air of atisfaction, an handkerchief that was given her, but was o terrified at the ight of a hanger, which they preented to her, that he leapt down a precipice more than forty feet in height, and ran away amongt the rocks, where they oon lot ight of her.

I do not know whether thoe who related this adventure in a different manner, wihed to make themelves merry at the expence of the ret, when they