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 ':78- fclvcs, it cannot be fuppofcd that they are at the trouble of 



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.J drcfling more or them than are necefTary for this purpofe. 

 And, perhaps, this is the chief ufe for which tliey kill the 

 animals ; for the fea and the rivers feem to fupply them 

 with their principal articles of. food. It would, probably, 

 be much otherwife, were they once habituated to a conftant 

 trade with foreigners. This intercourfe would increafe their 

 wants, by introducing them to an acquaintance with new 

 luxuries ; and, in order to be enabled to purchafe thefe, they 

 would be more alFiduous in procuring flcins, which they 

 would foon difcover to be the commodity moft fought for; 

 and a plentiful fupply of which, I make no doubt, would 

 be had in the country. 



It will appear, from what has been faid occafionally of the 

 tide, that it is confiderablc in this river, and contributes very 

 much to facilitate the navigation of it. It is high water in 

 the ftream, on the days of the new and full moon, between 

 two and three o'clock; and the tide rifes, upon a perpendi- 

 cular, between three and four fathoms. The reafon of the 

 tide's being greater here, than at other parts of this coaft, 

 is eafily accounted for. The mouth of the river being fitu- 

 atcd in a corner of the coaft, the flood that comes from the 

 ocean is forced into it by both fliorcs, and by that means 

 fwells the tide to a great height. A view of the chart will 

 illuftrate this. 



The variation of the compafs was 25° 40' Eaft. 



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