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off White Island

appeard to be well wooded & pleasant  several small clusters of houses were seen interspersd with trees appearing very pleasant  some had a fence of pails round them others were to appearance quite open  towards evening 3 or 4 Canoes came off unarmd but would scarce venture within musquet shot of us.

Nov.r
1. Calm in the morn  at sun rise we counted 45 Canoes who were coming towards us from different parts of the shore  7. soon came up with us & after some conversation with Tupia began to sell Muscles & lobsters of which they had great plenty  in the beginning they dealt fair but soon began to cheat  taking what we gave them without making any return  one who had done so on being threatned began to defy us & laugh  on which a musquet was fird over the boat which instanly brough him back & made trade very regular for some time  at lengh the cabbin & gun room having got as much as they wanted the men were allowd to come to the gangway & trade for themselves & I must say that there was not the same care taken to prevent their being cheated as had been before  by which neglect the Indians soon began to

 

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