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The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea

CHAPTER XI
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Two spies were posted, who warned the natives, and they all fled.

The Spaniards found in their houses several kinds of fish, roasted and wrapped in plantain leaves, and a quantity of raw mussel in baskets, as well as fruits and flowers hung on poles.

Near, there was a burial place.

They also found a flute and certain small things worked out of pieces of marble and jasper.

As they heard drums and shells sounding, and a great murmuring noise, understanding that it came from a large number of people, they retreated, followed by the natives, who did not dare to attack them.


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