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off Cape Brett

ball was fird over their heads on which they immediately came back & returnd the cloth but soon after put off & went ashore

in the afternoon other Canoes came off & from some inattention of the officers were sufferd to cheat unpunishd & unfrightned  this put one of the Midshipmen who had sufferd upon a droll tho rather mischeivous revenge  he got a fishing line & when the Canoe was close to the ship hove the lead at the man who had cheated  with so good success that he fastned the hook into his backside  on which he pulld with all his might & the Indian kept back  so the hook soon broke in the shank leaving its beard in his backside no very agreable legacy

27. Light breeze  Several canoes came off & traded for fish but were most abominably saucy  continualy threatning us  at last they began to heave stone with more courage than any boats we had seen  this made it nescessary to punish them  the Captn went upon the Poop where they immediately threw at him  he leveld a gun loaded with small shot at the man who held a stone in his hand in the very action of throwing & struck him
 

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