BAMPIEr’s ACCOUNT OF NEW HOLLAND.

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At night our boats came aboard with wood ; and the next morning I went myfelf’with both boats up the river to the watering-place, carrying with me all fuch trifles and'iron-work as I thought molt proper to induce them to a commerce with us; butI found them very fhy and roguilh. I faw but two men and a boy: dne of the men.by fome figns was perfuaded to come to the boat’s fide, where I was ; to him 1 gavea knife, a firing of beads, and a glafs-bottle j the fellow called out, “ Cocos, cocos,”pointing to a village hard by, and fignified to us that he would go for fome ; but henever returned to us : and thus they had frequently of late ferved our men. I tookeight or nine men with me, and marched to their houfes, which I found very mean, andtheir doors made fall with withes.

I vifited three of their villages, and finding all the houfes thus abandoned by theinhabitants, who carried with them all their hogs, &c. I brought out of their houfesfome fmall fiftiing-nets in recompence for thofe things they had received of us. Asvve were coming away we faw two of the natives; I {hewed them the things that wecarried with us, and called to them, “ Cocos, cocos,” to let them know that I tookthefe things becaufe they had not made good what they had promifed by their figns,and by their calling out Cocos. While I was thus employed, the men in the yawl filledtwo hogflieads of water, and all the barrecoes. About one in the afternoon I cameaboard, and found all my officers and men very importunate to go to that bay wherethe hpgs were faid to be. I was loth to yield to it, fearing they would deal tooroughly with the natives. By two o’clock in the afternoon many black clouds gatheredover the land, which I thought would deter them from their enterprize; but theyfolicited me the more to let them go. At laft I confented, fending thofe commoditiesI had afhore w'ith me in the morning, and giving them a ftri£t charge to deal by fairmeans, and to a£t cautioufly for their own fecurity. The bay I fent them to wasabout two miles from the {hip. As foon as they were gone, I got all things ready, that,if I faw occafion, I might aflift them with my great guns. When they came to land,the natives in great companies flood to refill them, Ihaking their lances, and threaten-ing them ; and fome were fo daring, as to wade into the fea, holding a target in onehand and a lance in the other. Our men held up to them fuch commodities as I hadfent, and made figns of friendlhip, but to no purpofe, for the natives waved them off.Seeing therefore they could not be prevailed upon to a friendly commerce, my men,being refolved to have fome provifion among them, fired fome mufkets to fcare themaway ; which had the defired effect upon all but two or three, who ftood ftill in amenacing pofiure, till the boldeft dropped his target and ran away; they fuppofed heWas {hot in the arm : he and fome others felt the fmart of our bullets, but none werekilled; our defign being rather to fright than to kill them. Our men landed, andfound abundance of tame hogs running among the houfes. They {hot down nine,which they brought away, befides many that ran away wounded. They had but littlet] me; for in lefs than an hour after they went from the {hip it began to rain ; whereforethey got what they could into the boats, for I had charged them to come aw&y

it rained. By the time the boat was aboard, and the hogs taken in, it cleared up,a nd my men defired to make another trip thither before night; this was about five inthe evening, and I confented, giving them orders to repair on board before night. Inthe clofe of the evening they returned accordingly, with eight hogs more, and a littlelive pig ; and by this time the other hogs were jerked and falted. Thefe that camelaft we only drefled and corned till morning ; and then fent both boats afliore for morefefreftiments either of hogs or roots : but in the night the natives had conveyed awaytheir provifions of all forts. Many of them were now about the houfes, and noneoffered to refill our boats landing, but on the contrary were fo amicable, that one man

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