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glass, and many of them did but just rise above wa- 

 ter. There was some appearance of a passage to the 

 northward, and I had no hope of getting clear but in 

 that direction, for, as the wind blows constantly from 

 the S. E., it would have been difficult, if not impossi- 

 ble, to return back to the southward. 



Mr. Gore reported, that he had this day seen two 

 animals like dogs, of a straw colour, that they ran 

 like a hare, and were about the same size. In the 

 afternoon, the people returned from hauling the 

 seine, with still better success than before, for I was 

 now able to distribute two pounds and an half to each 

 man : the greens that had been gathered I ordered 

 to be boiled among the pease, and they made an ex- 

 cellent mess, which, with two copious supplies offish, 

 afforded us unspeakable refreshment. 



The next day, July the 1st, being Sunday, every 

 body had liberty to go ashore, except one from each 

 mess, who were again sent out with the seine. The 

 seine was again equally successful, and the people 

 who went up the country gave an account of having 

 seen several animals, though none of them were to be 

 caught. They saw a fire also about a mile up the ri- 

 ver, and Mr. Gore, the second lieutenant, picked up 

 the husk of a cocoa nut, which had been cast upon 

 the beach, and was full of barnacles : this probably 

 might come from some island to windward, perhaps 

 from the Terra del Espirito Santo of Quiros, as we 

 were now in the latitude where it is said to lie. This 

 day the thermometer in the shade rose to 87, which 

 was higher than it had been on any day since we 

 came upon this coast. 



Early the next morning, I sent the master in the 

 pinnace out of the harbour, to sound about the shoals 

 in the ofling, and look for channel to the northward : 

 at this time we had a breeze from the land, which 

 continued till about nine o'clock, and was the first we 

 had since our coming into the river. At low water 

 we lashed some empty casks under the ship's bows, 



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