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52.
Tegadu Bay

by some but the greater number of people spit them out for which purpose they had a basket standing under them to receive their chewd morsels in shape and colour not unlike Chaws of Tobacco

Tho at this time of the year this most homely fare was their principal diet yet in the proper seasons they certainly have plenty of excellent vegetables  tho we have seen no sign of tame animals among them except doggs, very small & ugly  their plantations were now hardly finishd but so well was the ground tilld that I have seldom seen even in the gardens of curious people land better broke down  in them were planted sweet potatoes, Yamms Cocos & some one of the cucumber kind as we Judgd from the seed leaves which just appeard above ground  the first of these were planted in small hills  some rangd in rows other in quincunx all laid by a line most regularly  the Cocos were planted on flat land & were not yet appeard above ground  the Cucumbers were set in small hollows or dishes much as we do in England  these plantations were from 1 or 2 to 8 or 10 acres each  in the bay might be 150 or 200 acres in cultivation tho we did not see 100 people in all  Each distinct patch was fencd
 

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