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Botany Bay.

in which he heard the report  he however snatchd them up again & both renewd their threats & opposition  a Musquet loaded with small shot was now fird at the Eldest of the two who was about 40 yards from the boat  it struck him on the legs but he minded it very little so another was immediately fird at him  on this he ran up to the house about 100 yards distant & soon returnd with a sheild  in the mean time we had landed on the rock  he immediately threw a lance at us & the young man another which fell among the thickest of us but hurt nobody  2 more musquets with small shot were then fird at them on which the Eldest threw one more lance & then ran away as did the other  we went up to the houses  in one of which we found the children hid behind the sheild & a peice of bark in one of the houses  we were conscious from the distance the people were had been from us when we fird that the shot could have done them no material harm  we therefore resolvd to leave the children on the spot without even opening their shelter 
we therefore threw into the house to them

 

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