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planted there by Mr. Fannen, master of the Adven- 

 ture. There seemed to be no doubt of their succeed- 

 ing ; and the man was so well pleased with them, 

 that he, of his own accord, began to hoe the earth up 

 about the plants. We next took him to the other 

 gardens, and showed him the turnips, carrots, and 

 parsnips ; roots which, together with the potatoes, 

 will be of more real use to them than all the other 

 articles we had planted. It was easy to give them 

 an idea of these roots, by comparing them with such 

 as they knew. 



Two or three families of these people now took up 

 their abode near us, employing themselves daily in 

 fishing, and supplying us with the fruits of their 

 labour ; the good effects of which we soon felt. For 

 we were by no means such expert fishers as they 

 are ; nor were any of our methods of fishing equal 

 to theirs. 



On the 2d of June, the ships being nearly ready 

 to put to sea, I sent on shore, on the east side of the 

 sound, two goats, male and female. The former was 

 something more than a year old ; but the latter was 

 much older. She had two fine kids, some time before 

 we arrived in Dusky Bay,, which were killed by cold, 

 as hath been already mentioned. Captain Furneaux 

 also put on shore, in Cannibal Cove, a boar and two 

 breeding sows ; so that we have reason to hope this 

 country will, in time, be stocked with these animals, 

 if they are not destroyed by the natives before they be- 

 come wild ; for, afterwards, they will be in no danger. 

 But as the natives knew nothing of their being left be- 

 hind, it may be some time before they are discovered. 



In our excursion to the east, we met with the 

 largest seal I had ever seen. It was swimming on the 

 surface of the water, and suffered us to come near 

 enough to fire at it, but without effect ; for, after a 

 chase of near an hour, we were obliged to leave it. 

 By the size of this animal, it probably was a sea 

 lioness. It certainly bore much resemblance to the 



