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Octr. 1769.   off Portland Isle

instead of continuing the chase drew all together & after a short consultation went quietly away

About half an hour after this we hawld in with the land again & two more canoes came off  one armd the other a small fishing boat with only 4 men in her   they came tolerably near & answerd all the questions Tupia   askd them very civily  we could not persuade them to come on board but they came near enough to receive several presents which we hove over board to them   with these they seem'd very much pleasd & went away  at night the ship came to an anchor  many fires were kept up on shore possibly to shew us that our freinds there were too much upon their guard to be surprizd.

13. Brisk breeze of wind   9. Canoes came after the ship this morn  whether with war or peace we cannot tell for we soon left them behind  we found that the land within Teahoura or Portland Isle makes another Island or peninsula  both sides of this the natives have calld Teracaco so that is in all likely hood the name of the Island    it   before noon we were almost surrounded with land  that nearest us made in green hills without the white Cliffs which we have generaly seen  the appearance more fertil tho we can

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