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Janry. 1771. At Princes Island.
she was hove into deep water in a very short time, the day was rainy throughout & very few Indians came to the watering place, so that nothing was bought but a few fish & fowls,
9. Fine weather today & rather more trade than usual, Early in the morn 8 guns were heard within Pepper point, but no ship had been seen by either us or the Islanders, so we could not even guess the Occasion of them,
10. Little trade:, the people brought down a deer of a kind weighing about 40 lb, our stock of Turtle was now Considerably increasd, some few having been bought every day, tho the Joint number did not equal what had been bought the first day
11. My Servant Sander who I had hir'd at Batavia, having found out that these people had a town somewhere along shore to the Westward & not very far off, I resolvd to visit it, but knowing that the inhabitants were not at all desirous of our company, kept my intentions secret from them, in the morn I set out accompanied by our second Lieutenant