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May 1770   Thirsty sound

for a shoal on which the ship came too but before the anchor went she had less than 3 fathm water; the boats now sounded all round her & found that she was upon the shoalest part on which the anchor was got up & we stood on  weather was hazey  at night anchord.

29. Early this morn we got up our anchor & stood in for an opening in which by nine O'Clock we came to an anchor,  we saw in coming in no signs of People  after breakfast we went ashore & found several Plants which we had not before seen  among them were however still more East Indian plants than in the last harbour, one kind of Grass which we had also seen in the last bay there was very troublesome to us  its sharp seeds were bearded backwards & whenever they stuck into our cloths were by these beards pushd forward till they got into the flesh  this grass was so plentifull that it was hardly possible to avoid it & with the Musketos that were likewise innumerable made walking almost intolerable  we were not however to be repulsd but proceeded into the countrey. the gum

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