Our party retreated as fast as they could, calling to those who were left in the boat, to hasten up with firearms.

A situation more distressing than that of the governor, during the time that this lasted, cannot readily be conceived: the pole of the spear, not less than ten feet in length, sticking out before him, and impeding his flight, the butt frequently striking the ground, and lacerating the wound.

In vain did Mr.
Waterhouse try to break it; and the barb, which appeared on the other side, forbade extraction, until that could be performed.

At length it was broken, and his excellency reached the boat, by which time the seamen with the muskets had got up, and were endeavouring to fire them, but one only would go off, and there is no room to believe that it was attended with any execution.
When the governor got home, the wound was examined.

It had bled a good deal in the boat, and it was doubtful whether the subclavian artery might not be divided.