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Land, which was the first place they refreshed 

 at. They were also informed that there w r as 

 another small island to the Northward called 

 Fardette by them, but which is in our charts 

 called Ternabor. They also understood that 

 a prow came yearly to trade to Ternabor, 

 and that she would arrive in seven or eight 

 months. 



" This information greatly relieved them, and 

 they were soon convinced that the natives were 

 of a humane and hospitable nature. 



" The first and second week elapsed without 

 any material occurrence, except that of a pair 

 of scissars being stolen by one of the children. 

 As they were very serviceable in cutting the hair 

 round Mr. Carter's wound the chief was in- 

 formed of the circumstance, and he immediately 

 called a council, consisting of the elders of the 

 community ; when after an hour's debate they 

 withdrew, and on the day following the scissars 

 were found. 



" On the 25th of July Mr. Carter's wound 

 was entirely healed, after having had thirteen 

 pieces of the fractured skull taken out. 



" They remained in perfect health until the 

 24th of November, when Mr. Carter caught a 

 fever, and died on the 10th of December 1793, 

 much regretted by his friends Shaw and Iias- 

 kett, as well as by the natives of Timor 

 Land. 



" The two survivors waited in anxious ex- 

 pectation for the arrival of the annual trading 



