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See Plate II.
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came from a wpod'that was clofe- to the town, and rufhing
out" byidifferent ways, >repreferited to the fpeCtators a mock
dight; after which theyjbined in;ohehand, and'began,a kind
jof dance, with their fpears iii their handsi;during:which four
large fpeais were brought and prefentedto Captain W ilson
•by the Chief: of the band» one at a time, he making t a fhort
fpeech at the delivery o f each of them, and then returned to
join the dance:; .he .alfo prefented the .Captain with a fword,
shade of very hard wood, and euriouiiy inlaid-with ftfeell.—
This dance lafted about an hour :; when it was ended, Captain
W ilson -encpiired o f the linguift the.meaning of fojne hu-r
•man fkulls h é faw. placed oyerrhe öutfidèpftheidbdrs; at the
ends of the great houfe ; h e : direCtly. went and afked Raa
K ook, who gave him the following account:—-That the
Rïipae&'s -and principal; men o f Emungs' haying gone on
fome particular occafion to another ill and, taking with them
a confiderable number of the inhabitants, a party o f the
A r t in g a l l people landed at their town1, and killing many
who -could not efcape into the wobjjs, fet- their houfes on
fire ; the news;o f which being brought to A bba T h u l le,
he immediately affembled/his canoes and warriors, and
went and" attacked them before they had quitted the place ;
that being fo unexpectedly jbefet, many were killed, and the
reft fled, fome. in their canoes, and others into the woods;
that the Rupacls and people óf Emungs returning at this
juncture, few of the Ar t in g a l l people efcaped; and that
thöfe
Éfeasite
Plate i