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Opoorage

in many places very wide with large flats of mangroves which at low water are coverd   we went up about a league where it was still wider than at the mouth & divided itself into innumerable channels seperated by mangrove flatts   the whole several miles in breadth  the water shoal   so we agreed to stop our disquisition here & go ashore to dine  a tree in the neighbourhood on which were many shaggs nests & old shaggs setting by them confirmd our resolution   an attack was consequently made on the Shaggs & about 20 soon killd & as soon broild & eat  every one declaring that they were excellent food as indeed I think they were   Hunger is certainly most excellent sauce  but since our fowls & ducks have been gone we find ourselves able to eat any kind of Birds (for indeed we throw away none) without even that kind of seasoning   fresh provision to a seaman must always be most acceptable if he can get over the small prejudices which once affected several in this ship  most or all of whoom are now by vertue of good example compleatly curd   our repast ended we proceeded down the river again   at the mouth of it was a small Indian village where we landed & 

 

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