sea while the boat was in the direction of cape charles and thence proceeded to the eastern shore of the bay the party along the coast searching for and and now and then seeing small parties of indians until presently observing some islands lying to tlie westward of them they sailed out toward them but on the way they encountered permanent establishment a terrible thunder gust in which they narrowly the islands were the islands here they were in great distress for want of water they searched all the islands for or springs but could not find any and so they went back to the eastern shore of the bay and followed the coast to the northward looking every where for water till at last they entered bay here they landed and after looking about for a long time they a small pool of water just in time to save them from in about after this they got among a group of islands now called s islands but just before they reached them they encountered another by which their sail was torn to pieces and the mast carried away the water at the same time came in over the of the boat in such quantities that they were obliged to incessantly for a long while to prevent the boat from sinking they were compelled to remain two days in these islands to they used their shirts as material for mending the sail where it had been torn by the wind op the after finding that the eastern shore of the bay of the colony above this point was everywhere with islands sand bars and shallow water and that no good were to be found there the party across to the western shore which they fell in with at a place just above the mouth of the and thence they followed the coast along for one hundred and fifty miles they found the shores were high and well wooded they saw a great many wolves bears deer and other wild animals but no natives at length the company began to be worn out by exposure and fatigue they had lain twelve or fourteen days in the open boat and they were well nigh exhausted with the labor of and of out the boat and with their insufficient and food for their provisions were all soaked and rotten with the rain they were very urgent to return but smith who bore his full share with the men of every species of and toil persuaded them to go on a little farther until at length two or three of the number fell sick and their piteous complaints and induced him to return discovery op the in coming down the coast on their return the see map permanent establishment party discovered the mouth of the and the men being now better and the weather g improved their spirits � moreover in some degree revived by their approach toward home smith succeeded in to consent to his ascending it a little way they went up the river for thirty without finding any inhabitants at length they came upon a large of who showed a disposition to attack them but smith frightened them away by a of � in such a manner that they could see and hear the bullets over the r without however being themselves struck by any in fact they were so impressed by this exhibition that they laid down their and smith soon in establishing very friendly relations with them the party went up the as � r as the boat could go finding plenty of food now for the indians being friendly procured them � abundant supply besides the river with fish many of which lay tame and quiet in the shallow water as the boat went by the having no net undertook fo catch the fish with their pan they found however that the fish though very tame were not quite enough to be taken so easily as that of the colony captain smith poisoned by a after descending the to the bay again the party came on down the coast as far as to the mouth of the but in attempting to enter this river the boat ran among the and they were obliged to wait there for some time until the tide rose and floated them oflf while lying thus motionless in the water they saw a great many fish lurking among the and as the pan experiment had not succeeded captain smith tried the plan of them with his sword in this he succeeded perfectly well and the men following his example they caught a very supply but among the fish thus taken there was one which had a poisoned sting in its tail like the sharp in the of the perch or thorn back this fish while captain smith was taking him oflf from the point of his sword struck him with this sting the external wound was very trifling but it produced most pain and the hand and arm and shoulder of the were so swollen in the course of a few hours that every one concluded that he must inevitably die indeed so confident were they all in this expectation that as the boat was they all went on shore upon a certain island near permanent establishment by and there according to smith s directions they prepared a grave ready to bury him in as soon as he should be dead the sufferer seems to have thought that the men would be extremely impatient to make the best of their way home as soon as he was no more and that consequently unless a proper grave were dug under his own directions while he was alive there was very little probability that it would be done at all he however did not die one of the party in the boat was surgeon of the colony and by his care and attention and by the 