The death of their countryman did not cure them of their thievish disposition; but, at length, it was somewhat restrained by their conviction, that no distance secured them from the reach of our muskets.

Several smaller instances of their talent at stealing, the captain thought proper to overlook.
The provisions obtained at St.Christina were yams, plantains, breadfruit, a few cocoa-nuts, fowls, and small pigs.

For a time, the trade was carried on upon reasonable terms: but the market was at last ruined by the indiscretion of some young gentlemen, who gave away in exchange various articles which the inhabitants had not seen before, and which captivated their fancy above nails, or more useful iron tools.

One of the gentleman had given for a pig a very large quantity of red feathers, which he had gotten at Amsterdam.

The effect of this was particularly fatal.