their lances, some
wading into the sea, holding up a shield in one hand and a lance in the
other.

The sailors held up such commodities as were likely to attract them, but
to no purpose, the natives still waved them off. The seamen at length,
resolved to have some provisions, fired their muskets to scare them
away. This had the desired effect, and all disappeared, with the
exception of two or three, who still stood in a menacing posture. One,
however, being shot in the arm, he dropped his target and ran off. None
were seriously hurt, the object of the seamen being to frighten rather
than injure the savages. They then landed, and found a number of tame
hogs running about the house. Nine were shot, and with these, as it had
begun to rain, they returned on board. In the evening, the rain having
ceased, another party went on shore, when eight more hogs and a little
live pig were captured. The natives by this time showed a disposition
to be friendly, and brought down a number of cocoa-nuts, which they left
on the shore.

These, with some nets and images, were brought off in a canoe. Next day
the canoe was sent back with a couple of axes, two hatchets, some
knives, looking-glasses, and other articles in her, thus amply repaying
the natives for the provisions of which they had been deprived.

Sailing from the bay two days afterwards, a volcano was seen to the
north-west sending forth a large pillar of fire, which shot up for two
or three minutes, and then sank down until scarcely visible, then again
rising and blazing as before. It was on an island, between which and
the mainland, on the following day, the ship passed, there being a good
channel between them.

All night the volcano vomited forth flame and smoke, and at every
explosion a dreadful sound was heard like that of thunder. The
intervals between these explosions were about half a minute. Some were
faint in comparison to others, yet even the weakest vented a good deal
of fire, and the largest made a roaring noise, and sent up a large flame
thirty yards high, at the same time a stream of fire was seen running
down the side of the mountain, reaching to the bottom.

The following day, as the ship had got to the other side, the stream of
lava could no longer be perceived. Several other islands were seen and
named. One was called Sir George Rooke's Island, another Crown Island,
and a third Sir Robert Riche's Island.

On the 12th the sky looked very red,