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Febry 1770   Totara nue

a family of Indians and paid a price for leave to make his adresses to any one young woman they should pitch upon for him  one was chose as he thought who willingly retird with him but on examination provd to be a boy that on his returning & complaining of this another was sent who turnd out to be a boy likewise  that on his second complaint he could get no redress but was laught at by the Indians  Far be it from me to attempt saying that that Vice is not practisd here  this however I must say that in my humble opinion this story proves no more than that our gentleman was fairly trickd out of his cloth which none of the young ladies chose to accept of on his terms & the master of the family did not chuse to part with

4. Prevented from sailing by our hay which had been so thoroughly soked by the late rains that it was too wet to put on board   some conversation passd today concerning a report we heard yesterday  two of our boats went out different ways & returnd at different times  the people of one said that they had met a double canoe who told them that they had a few days ago lost a female child who they suspected had been stole & eat by some of their

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