The natives saw her; her appearance evidently disconcerted them,
for, instead of continuing their course towards the schooner, they
paddled away for the shore.

The breeze being fair, the stranger came rapidly on, and, shortening
sail, brought up a short distance outside where the _Dainty_ lay. Harry
immediately sent me alongside to tell her captain what had occurred. I
found that she was a whaler, which had put in for fresh provisions and
water. As she carried four guns and a numerous crew, the captain said
that he had no fear of the natives; besides which, he well knew how to
deal them, though he confessed that he might have been deceived had we
not warned him of their treacherous conduct. The first thing to be done
was to get off the spar intended for our mast. He accordingly sent a
couple of boats well armed to assist us, and lent us his carpenters, who
quickly shaped it as it was required. Our captive chief, on being told
of the meditated attack of his countrymen, looked very much alarmed,
believing that we should in consequence put him to death. We gave him
to understand that we had no intention of doing so, and that, as we had
obtained the spar, we would pay him and send him on shore, hoping that
he would induce his countrymen to behave in a friendly way to white men
in future. This, as far as we could understand, he promised faithfully
to do. Landing him on the beach, we shook hands, and let him go his way
with the goods he had obtained. Next morning, he and a number of his
people appeared, loaded with provisions of all sorts, and before the day
was over the whaler obtained as much as she required. The natives kept
at a respectful distance during the time her boats crews were filling
the casks with water. With the assistance of the captain of the whaler
we got our mast stepped and rigged, and both vessels sailed together.

We heard nothing more during our stay of Hogan, or what had become of
him. Probably he fell a victim to the jealousy of the natives--a common
fate of so many white men who have abandoned themselves to a savage
life. Parting from the whaler, we made the best of our way to Sydney,
where Harry immediately gave information to the authorities of the
piratical cruise of the _Wasp_.

Having disposed of our cargo, we returned to Brisbane, where we found
that everything had been going on in a satisfactory manner.

Charles Tilston, instead of going home, resolved to settle there, and,