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Georges Land

his confidence at least

Soon after his arrival he took me by the hand & led me out of the lines signing that I should accompany him into the woods this I made no dificulty of dooing as I was desirous of knowing how near us he realy intended to settle I followd him about a quarter of a mile when we arrivd at a small house or rather the awning of a canoe set upon the shore which seemd to be his occasional habitation here he unfolded a bundle of their cloaths & cloth'd me in two garments one red cloth the other very pretty matting after this we returnd to the tents he eat pork & bread fruit which was brought him in a basket using salt water instead of sauce & then retird into my bedchamber & slept about half an hour

About dinner time Lycurgus's wife brought a hansome young man about 22 to the tents whoom they both seemd to acknowledge as their son at night he & another chief who had also visited us went away to the westward but Lycurgus & his wife went towards the place I was at in the morning which makes us not doubt of their staying with us for the future

Mr Monkhouse our surgeon walkd this evening into the woods & brought back an
 

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