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315.
Septr. 1770.   New Guinea

immediately threw a third dart on which we loaded & fird again  our Balls I suppose this time fell near them but none of them were materialy hurt as they ran away with great alacrity. From this specimen of the people we immediately concluded that nothing was to be got here but by force which would of course be attended with destruction of many of these poor people  whose territories we had certainly no right to invade either as discoverers or people in real want of provisions  we therefore resolvd to go into our boat & leave intirely this coast to some aftercomer who might have either more time or more better opportunities to gain the freindship of its inhabitants  before we had got abreast of her however we saw the two people in her make signals to us that more Indians were coming along shore & before we had got into the water we saw them come round a point about 500 yards from us  they had met probably the three who first attackd us for on seeing us they halted & seemd to wait till the main body should come up  nor did they come

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