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202.
Endeavours River

mouse coulour & very swift  they also saw many Indian houses & a brook of fresh water

23. the people who went over the River saw the animal again & describd him much in the same manner as yesterday

24. Gathering plants & hearing descriptions of the animal which is now seen by every body. a seaman who had been out in the woods brought home the description of an animal he had seen composd in so Seamanlike a stile that I cannot help mentioning it;  it was (says he) about as large & much like a one gallon cagg  as black as the Devil & had 2 horns on its head  it went but Slowly but I dard not touch it

25. In gathering plants today I myself had the good fortune to see the beast so much talkd of  tho but imperfectly  he was not only like a grey hound in size & running but had a long tail, as long as any grey hounds  what to liken him to I could not tell  nothing certainly that I have seen at all resembles him

26. Since the ship has been hauld ashore the water that has come into her has of course all gone backwards & my plants which were for safety stowd in the bread room were this day found
 

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