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another contradicted him, and counted on his fingers 

 about twenty or thirty days. They described by 

 actions how the ship was beat to pieces, by going 

 up and down against the rocks, till at last it was 

 all scattered abroad. 



The next day some others told the same story, 

 or nearly to the" same purport, and pointed over the 

 East Bay, which is on the east side of the sound, as 

 to the place where it happened. These stories 

 making me very uneasy about the Adventure, I de- 

 sired Mr. Wales, and those on shore, to let me know 

 if any of the natives should mention it again, or to 

 send them to me; for I had not heard any thing 

 from them myself. When Mr. Wales came on board 

 to dinner, he found the very people who had told him 

 the story on shore, and pointed them out to me. I 

 inquired about the affair, and endeavoured to come 

 at the truth by every method I could think of. All 

 I could get from them was, Caurey (no) ; and they 

 not only denied every syllable of what they had said 

 on shore, but seemed wholly ignorant of the matter ; 

 so that I began to think our people had misunder- 

 stood them, and that the story referred to some of 

 their own people and boats. 



On the 28th, fresh gales westerly, and fair wea- 

 ther. We rigged and fitted the top-masts. Having 

 gone on a shooting-party to West Bay, we went to 

 the place where I left the hogs and fowls; but 

 saw no vestiges of them, nor of any body having 

 been there since. In our return, having visited the 

 natives, we got some fish in exchange for trifles 

 which we gave them. As we were coming away, 

 Mr.Forster thought he heard the squeaking of a pig in 

 the woods, close by their habitations ; probably, they 

 may have those I left with them when last here. In 

 the evening we got on board, with about a dozen 

 and an half of wild fowl, shags, and sea-pies. The 

 sportsmen who had been out in the woods near the 

 ship, were more successful among the small birds. 



