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tor this month pad, we had not known 

 what it was to have a dry thread about 

 us. 



The next day being fomething more 

 moderate, we ventured in with the barge 

 as near as we could to the fhore, and our 

 companions threw us fome feals livers 

 which having eat greedily, we were 

 feized with exceflive ficknefs, which af- 

 feiled us fo much, that our fkin peeled 

 off from head to foot. 



Whilft the people were on fhore here f 

 Mr. Hamilton met with a large feal, or 

 fea-lion, and fired a brace of balls into 

 him, upon which the animal turned 

 upon him open-mouthed ; but prefently 

 fixing his bayonet, he thruft it down 

 its throat, with a good part of the barrel 

 of the gun, which the creature bit in 



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two feerningly with as much eafe as if 

 it had been a twig. Notwithftanding 

 the wounds it'received, it eluded all far- 

 ther efforts to kill it, and got clear off. 



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