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71. Novr. 1769. Opoorage
of yesterday he was observd to behave sensibly and well laying in a small canoe always near the ship & at all times speaking civily to those on board with some persuasion he venturd down into the cabbin & had presents Cloth Iron &c. given him he told us that the Indians were now very much afraid of us we promisd freindship if they would supply us with provision at their own price
After breakfast we went ashore on the banks of a river the Indians who were on one side made all the signs of freindship imaginable beckoning to us to land among them it suited our convenience for hawling the sein & shooting Birds of which there were great numbers to land on the other side & it was not without much persuasion that they about noon venturd over to us
The Sein was hawld with no success but several Birds were shot like sea pies but Black with red bills & feet the trawl & dredge were also today employd & caught nothing but a few shells. the people who stayd by the boats saw two Indians fight on some quarrel of their own they began with Lances which were soon taken from them by the old men but they were
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