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back for another carffo; and they carried orders for every '777- 



Till April. 



body to be on board by funfet. This being complied with, 

 we hoifted in the boats and made fail to the Weftward, with 

 a light air of wind from the North. 



We found this illot near a half larger than the other, 

 and almoft entirely covered with cocoa-palms ; the greateft 

 part of which abounded with excellent nuts, having, often, 

 both old and young on the fame tree. They were, in- 

 deed, too thick, in many places, to grow with freedom. 

 The other produ6lions were, in general, the fame as at the 

 firft iilot. Two pieces of board, one of which was rudely 

 carved, with an elliptical paddle, were found on the beach. 

 Probably, thefe had belonged to the fame canoe, the remains 

 of which were feen on the other beach, as the two iflots are 

 not above half a mile apart. A young turtle had alfo been 

 lately thrown afliore here, as it was flill full of maggots. 

 There were fewer crabs than at the laft place ; but w^e found 

 fome fcorpions, a few other infecT:s, and a greater number 

 of fifli upon the reefs. Amongfl; thefe were fome large 

 eels, beautifully fpotted, which, when followed, would raife 

 themfelves out of the water, and endeavour, with an open 

 mouth, to bite their purfuers. The other forts were, chiefly, 

 parrot-fifh, fnappers, and a brown fpotted rock-fifli, about 

 the fize of a haddock, fo tame, that, inftead of fwimming 

 away, it would remain fixed, and gaze at us. Had we been 

 in abfolute want, a fufficient fupply might have been had ; 

 for thoufands of the clams, already mentioned, ftuck upon 

 the reef, fome of which weighed two or three pounds. There 

 were, befides, fome other forts of fhell-fifli ; particularly, 

 the large periwinkle. When the tide flowed, fevcral fliarks 

 came in, over the reef, fome of which our people killed ; 



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