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any thing they had, and took from us whatever we 

 offered them in exchange ; but were more desirous 

 of iron, than of any other of our articles of commerce ; 

 appearing to be perfectly acquainted with the use of 

 that metal. Many of the canoes followed us to our 

 anchoring-place ; and a group of about ten or a dozen 

 of them remained along-side the Resolution most part 

 of the night. 



These circumstances gave us a reasonable ground 

 of hope, that we should find this a comfortable station 

 to supply all our wants, and to make us forget the 

 hardships and delays experienced during a constant 

 succession of adverse winds, and boisterous weather, 

 almost ever since our arrival upon the coast of 

 America. 



