ing to depart, having flopped their wig- 

 wams of their bark covering, and car- 

 ried it into their canoes. Putting on, 

 therefore, my fhirt juft as it was, I 

 haftened to join them, having a great 

 defire of being prefent at one of their 

 fifliing parties. 



It was my lot to be put into the canoe 

 with my two patronefles, and fome 

 others who aflifted in rowing : we were 

 in all four canoes. After rowing fome 

 time, they gained fuch an offing as they 

 required, where the water here was about 

 eight or ten fathom deep, and there lay 

 upon their oars. And now the youngeft 







of the two women, taking a bafket in 

 her mouth, jumped overboard, and div- 

 ing to the bottom, continued under wa- 

 ter an amazing time : when flie had fil- 

 led the bafket with fea-eggs, flie came 

 up to the boat-fide ; and delivering it fo 

 filled to the other women in the boat, 

 they took out the contents, and returned 



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