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at Greenwich, and the tide of flood as strong ; it is 

 not indeed quite so deep, but has water enough for 

 vessels of more than a middle size, and a bottom of 

 mud so soft, that nothing could take damage by run- 

 nino^ ashore. 



About three o'clock, we reimbarked, in order to 

 return with the first of the ebb, and named the river 

 the Thabies, it having some resemblance to our own 

 river of that name. In our return, the inhabitants 

 of the village where we had been ashore, seeing us 

 take another channel, came off to us in their canoes, 

 and trafficked with us in the most friendly manner, 

 till they had disposed of the few trifles they had. 

 The tide of ebb just carried us out of the narrow 

 part of the river, into the channel that run up from 

 the sea before it was dark ; and we pulled hard to 

 reach the ship, but meeting the flood, and a strong 

 breeze at N. N. W. with showers of rain, we were 

 obliged to desist ; and about midnight, we run under 

 the land, and came to a grappling, where we took 

 such rest as our situation would admit. At break of 

 day, we set forward again, and it was past seven 

 o'clock before we reached the ship. We were all 

 extremely tired, but thought ourselves happy to be 

 on board ; for before nine it blew so hard that the 

 boat could not have rowed ahead, and must therefore 

 either have gone ashore, or taken shelter under it. 



About three o'clock, having the tide of ebb, we 

 took up our anchor, made sail, and plied down the 

 river till eight in the evening, when we came to an 

 anchor again : early in the morning, we made sail 

 with the first ebb, and kept plying till the flood 

 obliged us once more to come to an anchor. As we 

 had now only a light breeze, I went in the pinnace, 

 accompanied by Dr. Solander, to the western shore, 

 but 1 saw nothing worthy of notice. 



When I left the ship, many canoes were about it ; 

 Mr. Banks therefore chose to stay on board and 

 traffic with the natives ; they bartered their clothes 



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