COASTS OP AUST!?ALIA. $? and as was expected, we were assailed by a ?s?s. shower ot ? spears and stones from the natives, Apr? ? who were concealed behind the mangroves. Happily, however, we received no damage, al- though the spears and stones* fell about us very thickly, aud several of the former struck the boat. A volley of musketry was fired into the mangToves, but we could not ascertain wl?ether any of the balls took effect, since we could not see our assailants. A wound from one of their � stone-lieaded weapons, from our want of surgical knowledge, must in such a climate have proved fatal, and we considered our escape truly pro- vidential. As soon as we were out of the reach of their spears, which they continued to throw until it was of no use, we hoisted the s?l, and steered round the shores of the bay. We had not proceeded far, before their canoe was ob- served secured to the beach by a smoll rope, which offered so good an opportunity of punish- ing these savages for their treacherous attack, that we landed and brought it away; and upon examining its contents, we found not only their dubs, but also a large quantity of bivalve shell- f?h, (arca scapha ? *) so that we had not only
- LAM,?WCK. tom. v]. part I. p. 42, CIISMN, CoNca. 7. p. ?01.
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