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him on board; again to get to the boats we had to climb such precipicly as were scarcely accessible to any but Goats and the Natives, and we had enough to do, in holding on by the different boughs and roots of Trees, to keep on our feet: besides from the nature of the Island, the Inhabitants might retire to such haunts as to defy our utmost Search; a measure which they would naturally have had recourse to, the Moment any intention of seizing any of them had been manifested.
The family of John Adams at this moment consists of himself, his Wife, and three daughters of from 15 to 18 Years of Age, and a Son of 11 - his Wife has also a daughter by a former husband, this daughter is a Widow, her husband having been drowned while fishing: A Son in Law who has married one of his daughters resides with him - When