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Beaeh than Musket Shot for fear" of Being Surprised by 

 a Shot from Howe and his Party" Briggs Stood up in the 

 Boat and Called out to th Natives in thair Langua _ 



bo the Water Side, they seemed Shy untill he told 

 theni who he was When an old Man Rushed up to his 

 Middle in the Wat B *§ Called to him to Swim to the 

 Boat Which he did we hauled him in turned out to be the 

 old Chief Tolobunganah" he was over Joyed at 8 

 Brigg.-. and asked if he bad Seen his Brother Laman." he 

 Said No I o tsked where we Came fron 

 from Cap. Ban a" by Way of Swan [aland Tolo 

 1 Know thai I Saw von Come from there. We then pull- 

 Little Dial to a Small Rock that 

 i If aboul fifty yards from the Shore. Tolo'- 

 Continud from first Book — 



17th January 1816 from first Book Continud, Tolo 

 bunganah" Stood ap in led to the \ Na 



tives" about twenty of them Came down bo the Water Sid ■ 

 they all Knew Briggs and Seemed Clad bo See him, we 

 made Tolo' a present of the four dad Seals' and the 

 four Live pups" at Whi(h be se tned much pleased Im- 

 mediately after they got the Seals Six Women Came Down 

 to the Water Side Bach with a Dead Kangaroo" on bheii 

 should, rs Tolo ordered them bo be Brought bo t h B 

 and Said that we Must Receivi in E for the Seals" 



we had Given them, that they had no mor< Kangaroo hut 

 tomorrow they would catch plenty, Tolo 1 ' Seemed anxious 

 that we should Come on Shore We Declined 

 I 7th January 1 816 ( !ont inued 

 lling the Natives thai we We did not wish to 

 Come in Contact with tin Sis white lmn they had - 

 'l'oh. asked if we Were Frightened of them, Bi 

 no — but they were had men and we Wanted bo 8 

 Whereabouts" they was — 



all tie-. Excuses we was obliged to make t" gel all 

 th fri ndlv" Information we Could from the Natives 

 Relative bo Howe and his Party as we were -till of opinion 

 that, they was Near at Hand but the Natives assured us 

 that they was Gone a Long Distance bo the Southard bo- 

 wards Saint Patrick- load we took Leave of Tolo" and 

 his Moli in the Evening" and told them that we Should 

 Come over Next day and Bring them Mo 3 at Which 

 they Seemed Delighted and Said that if we Brought them 

 plenty of Seals, they would give us plenty of Kangaroo"' 

 and thair Skins in Return the Wind being fair we Run 

 over to the Island Hauled th:- Boat up' and Had a good 

 Kangaroo SI amer for Supper the first we had this Voyage. 



