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Article DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF MAOUNA. ← Page 2 of 2 Article BARBAROUS ATTACK OF THE NATIVES. Page 1 of 4 →
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Description Of The Island Of Maouna.
that of bringing up their birds , and , like the first man , of gathering , without labour , 'the fruit that ' grows over their heads . We were deceived . This delig htful country was not the abode of innocence . We perceived , indeed , no arms ; but the bodies of the Indians , covered over with scars , proved that they were often at war . Nature had , no doubt , stamped this character on their faces , by way of shewing , that the h-alf-savage , living in a state of anarchy , is a more mischievous being than the most ferocious of the brute creation . An instance follows .
Barbarous Attack Of The Natives.
BARBAROUS ATTACK OF THE NATIVES .
RELATED BY M . VAU ] UAS , SECOND IN COMMAND IN THE RETREAT . TUESDAY , December nth , 17 S 7 , at eleven o ' clock in the morning , ' M . de la Perou . se sent his long boat , and his barge , laden with water-casks , with a detachment of soldiers under arms , to join a party under the command of M . de Langle . M . Boutin had already reand of
ceived instructions concerning the means of preserving order , providing for our safety when Ihe boats should go ashore . At the same hour our Captain also hoisted out his boats , and in like manner had water-casks and arms put into them . At half past twelve , the ships being three quarters of a league from land , with the larboard tacks boardsthe four boats set off in order to fill water in a creek
on , that had been examined by M . de Langle . This watering place was to leeward ofthe one whither we had already been , and was thought preferable to it by M . de Langle , because it appeared less inhabited , and equally commodious ; but the first had the advantage of an easier entrance , and of a sufficient depth of water for the boats to be in no danger . of getting aground .
M . de Langle proposed to me , although 1 was still in a weaK state , to accompany him in his excursion , by way of taking an airing 011 shore . He took the command of the barge himself , and gave that of the long boat to M . le Gobien . M . Boutin commanded the Boussole ' s long boat , and M . Moutou the barge . M . Colinct , and Father Eeceveur , who were both sick , with Messieurs deLamanon , la Martiniereand Lavauxaccompanied usas well as a number of other
, , , persons belonging to the two frigates , so that we made up a detachment of sixty-one persons , the crews ofthe two barges included . While onoi . ir wav we saw with concern , that many of the canoes that were alongside " of the ship followed us , and were coining to the same creek . We saw also along the rocks , that separated it from the neihbouring bay cf the natives repairing thither from the
g s many other village ' s . Upon our arrival at the reef which forms the creek of the watering place , and only leaves a narrow and shallow passage for boats , we perceived that it was low water , and that the long-boats could not go in without getting aground : they touched accordingly at half a musket shot from the beach , which we could only approach hy
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Description Of The Island Of Maouna.
that of bringing up their birds , and , like the first man , of gathering , without labour , 'the fruit that ' grows over their heads . We were deceived . This delig htful country was not the abode of innocence . We perceived , indeed , no arms ; but the bodies of the Indians , covered over with scars , proved that they were often at war . Nature had , no doubt , stamped this character on their faces , by way of shewing , that the h-alf-savage , living in a state of anarchy , is a more mischievous being than the most ferocious of the brute creation . An instance follows .
Barbarous Attack Of The Natives.
BARBAROUS ATTACK OF THE NATIVES .
RELATED BY M . VAU ] UAS , SECOND IN COMMAND IN THE RETREAT . TUESDAY , December nth , 17 S 7 , at eleven o ' clock in the morning , ' M . de la Perou . se sent his long boat , and his barge , laden with water-casks , with a detachment of soldiers under arms , to join a party under the command of M . de Langle . M . Boutin had already reand of
ceived instructions concerning the means of preserving order , providing for our safety when Ihe boats should go ashore . At the same hour our Captain also hoisted out his boats , and in like manner had water-casks and arms put into them . At half past twelve , the ships being three quarters of a league from land , with the larboard tacks boardsthe four boats set off in order to fill water in a creek
on , that had been examined by M . de Langle . This watering place was to leeward ofthe one whither we had already been , and was thought preferable to it by M . de Langle , because it appeared less inhabited , and equally commodious ; but the first had the advantage of an easier entrance , and of a sufficient depth of water for the boats to be in no danger . of getting aground .
M . de Langle proposed to me , although 1 was still in a weaK state , to accompany him in his excursion , by way of taking an airing 011 shore . He took the command of the barge himself , and gave that of the long boat to M . le Gobien . M . Boutin commanded the Boussole ' s long boat , and M . Moutou the barge . M . Colinct , and Father Eeceveur , who were both sick , with Messieurs deLamanon , la Martiniereand Lavauxaccompanied usas well as a number of other
, , , persons belonging to the two frigates , so that we made up a detachment of sixty-one persons , the crews ofthe two barges included . While onoi . ir wav we saw with concern , that many of the canoes that were alongside " of the ship followed us , and were coining to the same creek . We saw also along the rocks , that separated it from the neihbouring bay cf the natives repairing thither from the
g s many other village ' s . Upon our arrival at the reef which forms the creek of the watering place , and only leaves a narrow and shallow passage for boats , we perceived that it was low water , and that the long-boats could not go in without getting aground : they touched accordingly at half a musket shot from the beach , which we could only approach hy