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while they lay on shore tho they been friendly all the time the ships were there the ships knew nothing of the matter till the small boats returnd 40 men were in the affray they set up two Long boats while they were in Bot bay & returned probably to the northward
The labor of clearing ground is scarce credible the trees are large & conveyd with dificulty from the places where they are cut down the soil is in general Rocky but between the Rocks fertile
Feb 14. Leiut King saild for Norfolk Isle with a Surgeons mate 2 marines 3 gardiners 9 men & 6 women Convicts
Norfolk Island has Pine trees 50 or 60 feet before they branch black marld & a quantity of Pumice stone several good springs were found & the ships in East India ships may be supplied with masts & yards from this Island.
a small Island was seen in 31º 26 S. 159 E Called Ld Howes Island it may be seen 16 leagues & a rock 5 leagues to the southward of it maybe of it may be seen [indecipherable] the Island is full of turtle but there is no anchoring Place
a black swan appeard larger then a white one. Land or hills are the Northward south [indecipherable] than the south northward
saw the dung of an animal which could not be less then a horse & feeds on grass
5 Ewes & a lamb had been killd in the middle of the day near the camp probably by native dogs