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121. Janry. 1770. Totarra nue
as we possibly could & had many presents given to him with which he returnd to the canoes who immediately joind in a war dance whether to shew their freindship or enmity it is impossible to say we have so often seen them do it upon both those occasions after this they retird to their town & we went ashore abreast of the ship where we found good wood & water & caught more fish in the Seine than all our people could possibly destroy besides shooting a multitude of Shaggs the countrey however did not answer so well to Dr Solander & myself as to the ship we finding only 2 new plants in the whole even
16. At day break this morn 3 Canoes & about 100 Indians came to the ship bringing their women with them a sign tho not a sure one of peacable inclinations soon after our longboat put off from the ship with Cask in her they atempted to follow her on which a musquet loaded with small shot was fird at them which made them immediately return tho as they were full 100 yards from the ship it is improbable that blood was drawn from any of them
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