It was now seen that the whole of them had left the spot, and not a single native was in sight.
"I think," Ned said, "we had better fall back and take up a position near the house, and repel their attack with the assistance of the guns mounted there.

With muskets only, we should not have much chance of preventing their landing; and indeed they will row much faster along the coast than we could run to keep up with them." The governor agreed in the justice of Ned's view, and the whole force were now ordered to fall back towards the castle.

As they proceeded they saw large bodies of the natives.

These, however, kept at a distance; but their exultant shouts showed that they must be considered to have gone over to the enemy.
"I will make you pay for this," the governor said, stamping his foot and shaking his fist angrily in their direction.

"Each man shall have to furnish double the amount of spice for half the amount of calico, for the next five years.