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Opoorage

but that gave us no kind of uneasiness as we well knew that not the boat only but the ship might be easily loaded in one tide almost  as they are dry at half Ebb

12. Two canoes came Early this morn who appeard to be strangers who had heard of us by the caution & fear they shewd in approaching the ship  two of them were however persuaded to come on board & the rest traded for what they had very fairly  a small canoe also came from the other side of the bay & sold some large fish which had been taken the day before yesterday  as yesterday it blew too for any Canoes to go to Sea   after breakfast we all went ashore to see the an Indian Fort or Eppah in the neighbourhood  uncertain however what kind of reception we should meet with as they might be Jealous of letting us into it  where probably all their valuable effects were lodgd
we went ashore to a bay where were two  we landed first near a small one the most beautifuly thing I  romantick thing I ever saw  it was built on a small rock detachd from the main & surroundd at high water  the top of this was fencd round with rails after their manner but was not large enough to contain above 5 or 6 houses  the whole appeard totaly inaccessible to any animal who was not

 

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