68' suRveY oF ?.� observed to follow'us armed with spears, buttrey did not shew themselves, Si?e they probably perceived'We were prepared to receive them. Before dark,the Canoe was hoisted up to the ? ste?, and our other boats`were'secured under it'; notwithstanding which the natives swam' ot?, and, when every' thing'was quiet, cut, the whale boat's moorings, Without .being detected, and swam away with her' in tow; it was, however, discovered in time, and the boat' recovered before" the tide had drifted her out of, sight. Early the next morning the cutter was removed ?earer to the watering-place that Boongaree had' found, and in ? doing this We Were watched by' ten or twelve natives? who were standing as' they thought concealed among' the trees. This aForded us- so good an opportunity of expressing Our anger at their attempt to steal our boat, and of shewing them that we were not Malays, that we fired a shot From a six-pounder carronade over their heads', the report of which for a moment scare? them; but their alarm Was only momentary, fo? they Soon afterwards recovered from their fright and continued to watch us as before? As soon as the vessel was secured, our waterin? party commenced their operations, and had beeri employed for half an hour without int?rruptlon{ When the natives Suddenly appeared on. th? brin{?
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