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off Portland Isle.

round an Island calld by the inhabitants Teahoura  by us Portland  the ship on a sudden came into very broken ground which alarmd us all a good deal  the officers all behavd with great steady ness & in a very short time we were clear of all danger  we never had less than 7 fathom but the soundings hardly ever were twice the same jumping from 11 to 7, which made us very glad once more to get deep water under us  The Island lay within a mile of us making in white cliffs   a long spit of low land running from it towards the main  on the sides of these cliffs sat a vast quantity of people looking at us  these probably observd some confusion in the manoevre of the ship  for 5 Canoes almost immediately put off from the shore full of armd people  they came so near us shouting & threatning that at last we were in some pain least they our small boat which had been lowerd down to sound & now towd along side   a musquet was therefore fird over them  the Effect of this was rather to encourage them than otherwise so a great gun was orderd to be prepard & fird wide of them loaded with grape  on this they all rose in their boats & shouted but
 

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