pieces, and three days provifion. Thus equipped, about nine in the morning we left the fhip, and failed and towed for Eaft-bay, keeping close in fhore, and examining every creek we paffed, to find the cutter: we continued our fearch till two in the afternoon, when we put into a fmall cove to drefs dinner. While that was getting ready, we obferved a company of Indians, feemingly very bufy, on the oppofite fhore; we left our dinner, and, rowed precipitately to the place where the favages were affembled. On our approach they all fled; we followed them closely to a little town which we found deferted: we fearched their huts, and while thus employed the favages returned, and made a fhew of refiftance; but fome trifling prefents being made to their chiefs, they were very foon appealed. However, on our return to our boat, they followed us, and fome of them threw ftones. After we had dined, we renewed our fearch, and at proper intervals kept firing our wall-pieces, as fignals to the cutter, if any of her people fhould happen to be within hearing. About five in the afternoon we opened a small bay, where we saw a large double canoe, and a body of Indians hauling her upon the beach. We quickened our courfe to come up with them, but they inftantly fled on feeing us approach; this made us fufpect that fome mifchief had been done. On landing, the first thing we faw in the canoe was one of the cutter's rowlock boards and a pair of fhoes tied up together. On advancing farther upon the beach, we found feveral of their baskets, and faw one of their dogs eating a piece of broiled flesh: we examined it, and fufpected it to be human: and in one of their baskets having found a hand, which we knew to be the left hand of Thomas Hill, by the letters T. H. being marked on it, we were no longer in doubt about the event. We purfued the favages as far as was practicable; but without fuccefs. On our return we deftroyed their canoe, and continued our fearch. At half after fix in the evening we opened Grafs cove, where we faw a great many Indians affembled on the beach, and fix or feven canoes floating in the furf. We flood in fhore, and when the favages faw us, they retreated to a rifing hill, close by the water-fide. We were in doubt whether it was through fear that they retreated, or with a defign to decoy us to an ambuscade. Our lieutenant determined not to be furprized, and therefore, running clofe in fhore, ordered the grappling to be dropt near enough to reach them with our guns, but at too great a diftance to be under any apprehenfions from their treachery. In this pofition we began to engage, taking aim, and determining to kill as many of them as our guns could reach. It was fome time before we diflodged them; but at length, many of them being wounded, and fome killed, they began to dif perfe. Our lieutenant improved their panic, and, fupported by the officers and marines, leapt on thore, and purfued the fugitives. We had not advanced far from the water-fide, before we beheld the moft horrible fight that ever was feen by any European; the heads, hearts, livers, and lights, of three or four of our people broiling on the fire, and their bowels lying at at the distance of about fix yards from the fire, with feveral of their hands and limbs in a mangled condition, fome broiled and forme raw; but no other parts of their bodies, which gave caufe to fufpect that the cannibals had feafted on and eaten all the reft. We obferved a large body of them affembled on the top of a hill, at about two miles diftance; but night coming on, we durft not advance to attack them: neither was it thought fafe to quit the fhore to take account of the number killed, our body being but fmall, and the favages numerous and fierce. They were armed with long lances, and with weapons not unlike the halberts of our ferjeants in fhape, made of hard wood, and instead of iron, mounted with bone. We could difcover nothing belonging to the cutter but one of the oars, which was broken and ftuck in the fand, to which they had tied the fastenings of their canoes. It was fufpected that the dead bodies of our people had been divided among the different parties of favages that had been concerned in the maffacre; and it was not improbable but that the party that was feen at a distance were feafting upon fome of the others, as thofe on the fhore had been upon what were found, before they were difturbed by our crew in the longboat. Be that as it may, we could discover no traces of more than four of their bodies, nor could we tell where the favages had concealed the cutter. It was now near night, and our lieutenant not thinking it fafe to truft our crew in the dark, in an open boat, within reach of fuch cruel barbarians, ordered the canoes to be broken up and destroyed; and, after carefully collecting the remains of our mangled companions, we made the best of our way from this polluted place. About four the next morning we weighed anchor, and about feven got under way, and purfued our courfe home. In the mean time, the furgeon examined the remains of the bodies brought on board, but could not make out to whom they belonged; fo they were decently laid together, and with the ufual folemnity on board fhips, committed to the deep. Authentic Account of a late unfortunate Tranfaction, with respect to a Diving Machine at Plymouth. MANY reports of a very contrary nature having been spread cóncerning the fate of an unfortunate man, who was loft in a Diving Machine, the Gentleman, who was applied to by him, has thought it expedient to lay a full and authentic ftate of the matter before the public, MR R. DAY (the fole projector of the scheme, and, as matters have turned out, the unhappy facrifice to his own ingenuity) employed his thoughts for fome years past in planning a method of finking a veffel under water, with a man in it, who fhould live therein for a certain time, and then, by his own means only, bring himfelf up to the furface. After much ftudy he conceived that his plan could be reduced into practice: he communicated his idea in the part of the country where he lived, and had the most fanguine hopes of fuccefs. He went fo far as to try his project in the Broads. [2] 3 near pieces, and three days provifion. Thus equipped, about nine in the morning we left the fhip, and failed and towed for Eaft-bay, keeping close in shore, and examining every creek we paffed, to find the cutter: we continued our fearch till two in the afternoon, when we put into a fmall cove to dress dinner. While that was getting ready, we obferved a company of Indians, feemingly very bufy, on the oppofite fhore; we left our dinner, and, rowed precipitately to the place where the favages were affembled. On our approach they all fled; we followed them clofely to a little town which we found deferted: we fearched their huts, and while thus employed the favages returned, and made a fhew of refiftance; but fome trifling presents being made to their chiefs, they were very foon appealed. However, on our return to our boat, they followed us, and fome of them threw ftones. After we had dined, we renewed our fearch, and at proper intervals kept firing our wall-pieces, as fignals to the cutter, if any of her people fhould happen to be within hearing. About five in the afternoon we opened a small bay, where we saw a large double canoe, and a body of Indians hauling her upon the beach. We quickened our courfe to come up with them, but they inftantly fled on feeing us approach; this made us fufpect that fome mifchief had been done. On landing, the first thing we faw in the canoe was one of the cutter's rowlock boards and a pair of fhoes tied up together. On advancing farther upon the beach, we found feveral of their baskets, and faw one of their dogs eating a piece of broiled flesh: we examined it, and fufpected it to be human: and in one of their baskets having found a hand, which we knew to be the left hand of Thomas Hill, by the letters T. H. being marked on it, we were no longer in doubt about the event. We purfued the favages as far as was practicable; but without fuccess. On our return we deftroyed their canoe, and continued our fearch. At half after fix in the evening we opened Grafs cove, where we faw a great many Indians affembled on the beach, and fix or feven canoes floating in the furf. We flood in fhore, and when the favages faw us, they retreated to a rifing hill, close by the water-fide. We were in doubt whether it was through fear that they retreated, or with a defign to decoy us to an ambufcade. Our lieutenant determined not to be furprized, and therefore, running clofe in fhore, ordered the grappling to be dropt near enough to reach them with our guns, but at too great a diftance to be under any apprehenfions from their treachery. In this pofition we began to engage, taking aim, and determining to kill as many of them as our guns could reach. It was fome time before we diflodged them; but at length, many of them being wounded, and fome killed, they began to dif perfe. Our lieutenant improved their panic, and, fupported by the officers and marines, leapt on fhore, and purfued the fugitives. We had not advanced far from the water-fide, before we beheld the moft horrible fight that ever was feen by any European; the heads, hearts, livers, and lights, of three or four of our people broiling on the fire, and their bowels lying at at the diftance of about fix yards from the fire, with feveral of their hands and limbs in a mangled condition, fome broiled and forme raw; but no other parts of their bodies, which gave caufe to fufpect that the cannibals had feafted on and eaten all the reft. We obferved a large body of them affembled on the top of a hill, at about two miles diftance; but night coming on, we durft not advance to attack them: neither was it thought fafe to quit the fhore to take account of the number killed, our body being but fmall, and the favages numerous and fierce. They were armed with long lances, and with weapons not unlike the halberts of our ferjeants in shape, made of hard wood, and instead of iron, mounted with bone. We could difcover nothing belonging to the cutter but one of the oars, which was broken and ftuck in the fand, to which they had tied the fastenings of their canoes. It was fufpected that the dead bodies of our people had been divided among the different parties of favages that had been concerned in the maffacre; and it was not improbable but that the party that was seen at a distance were feafting upon fome of the others, as thofe on the fhore had been upon what were found, before they were difturbed by our crew in the longboat. Be that as it may, we could discover no traces of more than four of their bodies, nor could we tell where the favages had concealed the cutter. It was now near night, and our lieutenant not thinking it fafe to truft our crew in the dark, in an open boat, within reach of fuch cruel barbarians, ordered the canoes to be broken up and destroyed; and, after carefully collecting the remains of our mangled companions, we made the best of our way from this polluted place. About four the next morning we weighed anchor, and about feven got under way, and purfued our courfe home. In the mean time, the furgeon examined the remains of the bodies brought on board, but could not make out to whom they belonged; fo they were decently laid together, and with the ufual folemnity on board fhips, committed to the deep. Authentic Account of a late unfortunate Tranfaction, with respect to a Diving Machine at Plymouth. MANY reports of a very contrary nature having been spread cóncerning the fate of an unfortunate man, who was loft in a Diving Machine, the Gentleman, who was applied to by him, has thought it expedient to lay a full and authentic ftate of the matter before the public, MR R. DAY (the fole projector of the fcheme, and, as matters have turned out, the unhappy facrifice to his own ingenuity) employed his thoughts for fome years paft in planning a method of finking a veffel under water, with a man in it, who fhould live therein for a certain time, and then, by his own means only, bring himfelf up to the furface. After much ftudy he conceived that his plan could be reduced into practice: he communicated his idea in the part of the country where he lived, and had the moft fanguine hopes of fuccefs. He went fo far as to try his project in the Broads [2] 3 near pieces, and three days provifion. Thus equipped, about nine in the morning we left the ship, and failed and towed for Eaft-bay, keeping close in shore, and examining every creek we paffed, to find the cutter: we continued our fearch till two in the afternoon, when we put into a small cove to dress dinner. While that was getting ready, we obferved a company of Indians, feemingly very bufy, on the oppofite fhore; we left our dinner, and, rowed precipitately to the place where the favages were affembled. On our approach they all fled; we followed them closely to a little town which we found deferted: we fearched their huts, and while thus employed the favages returned, and made a fhew of refiftance; but fome trifling prefents being made to their chiefs, they were very foon appealed. However, on our return to our boat, they followed us, and fome of them threw ftones. After we had dined, we renewed our fearch, and at proper intervals kept firing our wall-pieces, as fignals to the cutter, if any of her people fhould happen to be within hearing. About five in the afternoon we opened a small bay, where we faw a large double canoe, and a body of Indians hauling her upon the beach. We quickened our courfe to come up with them, but they inftantly fled on feeing us approach; this made us fufpect that fome mifchief had been done. On landing, the first thing we faw in the canoe was one of the cutter's rowlock boards and a pair of fhoes tied up together. On advancing farther upon the beach, we found feveral of their baskets, and faw one of their dogs eating a piece of broiled flefh: we examined it, and fufpect ed it to be human: and in one of their baskets having found a hand, which we knew to be the left hand of Thomas Hill, by the letters T. H. being marked on it, we were no longer in doubt about the event. We purfued the favages as far as was practicable; but without fuccefs. On our return we deftroyed their canoe, and continued our fearch. At half after fix in the evening we opened Grafs-cove, where we faw a great many Indians affembled on the beach, and fix or feven canoes floating in the furf. We stood in fhore, and when the favages faw us, they retreated to a rifing hill, clofe by the water-fide. We were in doubt whether it was through fear that they retreated, or with a defign to decoy us to an ambufcade. Our lieutenant determined not to be furprized, and therefore, running clofe in fhore, ordered the grappling to be dropt near enough to reach them with our guns, but at too great a diftance to be under any apprehenfions from their treachery. In this pofition we began to engage, taking aim, and determining to kill as many of them as our guns could reach. It was fome time before we diflodged them; but at length, many of them being wounded, and fome killed, they began to dif perfe. Our lieutenant improved their panic, and, fupported by the officers and marines, leapt on fhore, and purfued the fugitives. We had not advanced far from the water-fide, before we beheld the moft horrible fight that ever was feen by any European; the heads, hearts, livers, and lights, of three or four of our people broiling on the fire, and their bowels lying at |