One was cut in two by a round shot and several of her paddle-men killed.
A day or two later the officers recovered sufficient confidence to send a party to attack the village where their captain had presumably been murdered.

The Maoris fled.

But Marion's boat-cloak was seen on the shoulders of their chief, and in the huts were found more clothing--blood-stained--and fragments of human flesh.
The ships were hurriedly got ready for sea.

The beautiful "cedar" masts were abandoned, and jury-masts set up instead.

Wood and water were taken in, and the expedition sailed for Manila, turning its back upon the quest of the great southern continent.