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On the 29th and 30th nothing remarkable hap- 

 pened, except that in the evening of the latter all the 

 natives left us. 



The 31st being a fine pleasant day, our botanists 

 went over to Long Island, where one of the party 

 saw a large black boar. As it was described to me, 

 I thought it to be one of those which Captain Fur- 

 neaux left behind, and had been brought over to this 

 isle by those who had it in keeping. Since they did 

 not destroy those hogs when first in their possession, 

 we cannot suppose they will do it now ; so that there 

 is little fear but that this country will, in time, be 

 stocked with these animals, both in a wild and do- 

 mestic state. 



Next day we were visited by a number of stran- 

 gers, who came from up the sound, and brought 

 with them but little fish. Their chief commodity was 

 green stone or talc, an article which never came to a 

 bad market ; and some of the largest pieces of it I had 

 ever seen were got this day. 



On the 2d 1 went over to the east side of the 

 sound, and, without meeting any thing remarkable, 

 returned on board in the evening, when I learnt that 

 the same people who visited us the preceding day 

 had been on board most of this, with their usual 

 article of trade. 



On the 3d, Mr. Pickersgill met with some of the 

 natives, who related to him the story of a ship being 

 lost, and the people being killed ; but added, with 

 great earnestness, it was not done by them. 



On the 4th fine pleasant weather. Most of the 

 natives now retired up the sound. Indeed, I had 

 taken every gentle method to oblige them to be gone ; 

 for since these new-comers had been with us, our 

 old friends had disappeared, and we had been with- 

 out fish. Having gone over to Long Island to 

 look for the hog which had been seen there, I 

 found it to be one of the sows left by Captain Fur- 

 neaux ; the same that was in possession of the natives 



