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Title: The story of Captain Cook's three voyages round the world
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Jones, M
Subjects: Cook, James, 1728-1779 Voyages around the world
Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Contributing Library: Scott - York University Libraries
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he small shot, though it did not strike,stopped the assailants for a short space, when a third lightbarbed lance answered the discharge. Ball was next fired,upon which they turned, and ran swiftly away. Cook andhis friends, finding the people so hostile, thought it best toreturn to their boat, and on their way to it saw a largebody of between sixty and a hundred natives, movingtowards them. The boat was, however, reached in safety,and then they were able to take a good look at the angry,shouting, naked beings before them, who kept letting offtheir fireworks, which appeared to be discharged from ashort stick, swung sideways from them. These people werelighter coloured than the New Hollanders; but whethertheir skins really were so, or they were only less dirty, couldnot be made out. A volley of balls rattling among thetrees caused them to retreat, although somewhat leisurely,and the ship was reached without more ado. Things cer-tainly have different names, under different circumstances.
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MM SAVU. 69 These naked, truculent beings very likely considered theirhostility patriotism, and perhaps they were right. Some of the ships officers were so provoked at theattack, that they would fain have persuaded the com-mander to send a party on shore to cut down the cocoa-nut trees, in order to procure the fruit. But as cocoa-nutswere not necessaries of life, but only luxuries, Cook wouldnot do so unjust and cruel an act. How much goes to the making of a good commander!Courage, fortitude, patience, justice, mercy, moderation,perseverance, self-denial: Cook seemed to possess them all. The country hereabout appeared to be very rich andproductive. Of the natives we give a specimen in ourillustration. How they managed to dress their hair inthat preposterous fashion, we are not told; but it wasevidently a work of labour and of skill. The bad condition of his ship at this time induced thecommander to make sail for Batavia, where, as the Dutchhad long had a settlement there, he would be

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