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66. Court of Aldermen
only one cheif Teratu if his dominion is realy so large he may have princes or governors under him capable of drawing together a vast many people for himself he is always said to live far inland
3. Continent appeard this morn barren & rocky but many Islands were in sight cheifly inhabited with such towns upon them as we saw yesterday 2 Canoes put off from one but could not overtake us at breakfast a cluster of Islands & rocks were in sight which made an uncommon appearance from the number of perpendicular rocks or needles (as the seamen call them) which were in sight at once these we calld the Court of Aldermen in respect to that worthy body & entertaind ourselves some time with giving names to each of them from their resemblance thick & squat or lank & tall to some one or other of those respectable citizens soon after this we passd an Island on which were houses built on the steep sides of cliffs inaccessible I had almost said to birds how their inhabitants could ever have got to them much surpassd my comprehension at present however we saw none so that these situations are probably no more
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