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Botany Bay

glasses that way & we soon saw about 10 people who on our approach left the fire & retird to a little emminence where they could conveniently see the ship  soon after this two Canoes carrying 2 men each landed on the beach under them haul the men hauld up their boats & went to their fellows upon the hill  Our boat which had been sent ahead to sound now aproachd the place & they all retird higher up on the hill  we saw however that among the rocks at the beach or landing place one man at least was hid among some rocks who never that we could see left that place  our boat proceeded along shore & the Indians followd her at a distance  when she came back the officer who was in her told me that in a bay cove a little within the harbour they came down to the beach & invited our people to land by many signs & word which he did not at all understand  all however were armd with long pikes & a wooden weapon made something like a short scymetar  during this time a few of the indians who had not followd the boat remaind on the rocks opposite the ship  threatning & menacing with their pikes & swords

 

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