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May 1770.   Bustard Bay

bark of about the lengh & breadth of a man, these we supposd to be their beds on the windward side of the fires was a small shade about a foot high made of bark likewise  the whole was in a thicket of close trees defended by them from the wind, whether it was realy or not the place of their abode we can only guess  we saw no signs of a house or any thing like the ruins of an old one & from the ground being much trod we concluded that they had for some time remaind in that place

24. at day break we went to sea  the weather was fine  we however were too far from the land to distinguish any thing but that there were some fires upon it tho not many. at Dinner we eat the Bustard we had shot yesterday, it turnd out an excellent bird  far the best we all agreed that we have eat since we left England & as it weighd 15 pounds our Dinner was not only good but plentyfull. in the evening it drop'd calm & we caught some fish tho not many,

25. Land in the morn rocky varied here & there with reddish sand, but little wood was to be seen. in the evening it was calm  some few

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