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316.
New Guinea

nearer us all the while we waded to her  they continued however with their fire to defy us & shouted very loud   when we were embarked & afloat we rowd towards them & fird some musquets over their heads into the trees  on which they walkd gradualy off continuing to throw abundance of their fires (whatever they migh be designed for)  we guessd their numbers to be about 100   after we had lookd at them & their behaviour as long as we chose we returnd to the ship  where our freinds had sufferd much anziety for our sakes imagining that the fires thrown by the Indians were real musquets so much did they resemble the fire &smoak made by the firing of one

The place where we landed we judgd to be near Cabo de la Colta de Santa Bonaventura  as it is calld in the French charts  about 9 or 10 lgs to the Southward of Keer Weer  we were not ashore upon the whole more than two hours so can not be expected to have made many observations

The Soil had all the appearance of the highest fertily but was coverd with a prodigious quantity of trees which seemd to thrive luxuriantly

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