In the contest, Captain Cook was under the necessity of firing some small shot at a native, who had distinguished himself by his resistance.

His countrymen afterward reported that he was dead; but he was only wounded, and that not in a dangerous manner.

Though his sufferings were the effects of his own misbehaviour the captain endeavoured to soften them by making him a present, and directing his wounds to be dressed by the surgeon of the ship.
The first time that our commander landed at Anamocka, an old lady presented him with a girl, and gave him to understand that she was at his service.

Miss, who had previously been instructed, wanted a spikenail or a shirt, neither of which he had to give her; and he flattered himself, that by making the two women sensible of his poverty, he should easily get clear of their importunities.

In this, however, he was mistaken.