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Feb . 1788. M. de Peyrouse had stores &c for 3 years on board
Barley 124 stalks pr 1 [indecipherable] 116 full cost
Novr 29 heat so great that it was found necessary to allow the people from ½ past 10 to ½ past 2 to rest
Cabbages 26 Ct
260 plants of wheat produced
3 Quarts
Task Work
6 men to cut the timber for one acre of ground in one week
6 men to turn up an acre of ground fit for receiving seed 28 days
1 pair of Sawyers 100 feet of Plank Each day
Barley sown end of May 1½ bushels
¾ acre reapd Novr.15. 23 bushels
19 March Sirius hove to to Launch out boats the Tide swept her to the Westward, when the boats were out she made sail but could not weather the outer Rock of the Reef which runs off Point Ross. She [indecipherable] & used the wind come S.E. & the tide forced her near the Island where on the back of the Reef she was stayd & tackd on the Island Reef.
24 March, Left Island
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