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To Brasil

Novr.

The Business of these people seemd to be going a good distance from land & catching large fish which they salted in bulk in a place in the middle of their boat made for that purpose in this place was about 2 Quintals of fish laid in salt which they offerd to sale for 16 shillings & would doubtless have taken half the money had we been inclind to buy them but fresh provisions was all we wanted & the fresh fish they had which we bought servd the whole ships company

Their provision for the Sea consisted of a cask of water and a bag of the flour of Cassada which they call Farinha de Pao or wooden bread flour a very proper name for it which indeed tastes more like powderd chipps than any thing else

Their method of drinking out of
 

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