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Endeavours River

or lose her quite no one could tell  Encounter the dificulty however we must & since our Bargain was a bad one make the Best of it. at night the Yawl returnd with one turtle in her  it had blown so much since she had been out that she with dificulty took even that  for as all our turtle had been taken by chasing moderate weather was absolutely necessary

21. No signs of the Indians to day nor indeed any thing else worthy note

22. The Turtle which was killd this morn had an Indian turtle peg in it which seemd to have laid there a long time  it was in the breast across the fore finns  having enterd at the soft part near the finns but the wound it had made in going in was intirely grown up  the peg itself was about 8 inches in lengh and as thick as a mans little finger. one of our people who had been sent out to gather Indian Kale straying from his party met with three indians  two men & a boy  he came upon them as they sat down among some long grass so suddenly on a sudden & before he was aware of it  at first he was much
 

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