This page has already been transcribed. You can find new pages to transcribe here.

Transcription

[Page 274]

270
Bustard bay

Turkey  the sea seemd to abound in fish but unfortunately at the first hawl we tore our seine to peices; on the mud banks under the mangrove trees were innumerable Oysters, Hammer oysters & many more sorts among which were a large proportion of small Pearl oysters  whither the sea in deeper water might abound with as great a proportion of full grown ones we had not an opportunity to examine but if it did a pearl fishery here must turn out to immence advantage.

Those who stayd on board the ship saw about 20 of the natives who came down abreast of the ship & stood upon the beach for some time looking looking at her  after which they went into the woods,  we on shore saw none  many large fires were made at a distance from us where probably the people were  one small one was in our neighbourhood  to this we went, it was burning when we came to it, but the people were gone; near it was left several vessels of bark which we conceivd were intended for water buckets & several shells and fish bones  the remainder I suppose of their last meal near the fires  for their were 6 or 7 small ones  were as many peices of soft
 

Current Status: 
Completed