Being got into the bay within the point, we saw many cocoa-nut-trees, plantations, and houses.

When I came within four or five miles of the shore, six small boats came off to view us, with about forty men in them all.

Perceiving that they only came to view us, and would not come aboard, I made signs and waved to them to go ashore; but they did not or would not understand me; therefore I whistled a shot over their heads out of my fowling-piece, and then they pulled away for the shore as hard as they could.

These were no sooner ashore, than we saw three boats coming from the islands to leeward of us, and they soon came within call, for we lay becalmed.

One of the boats had about forty men in her, and was a large, well-built boat; the other two were but small.