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Indian niarkel ; tlicTciure tiiu}' are i'lirnislicd with 

 the cow-horn, such as are provided for ship's use. 



After dinner the^• went off for their tents, which 

 were in Diver Ticlvle, well satisfied with the re- 

 ception they met with, and jironiised to return 

 again. 



Sinidau, September 22, 1776. Having concluded 

 all my business on shore, captain Scott and I em- 

 barked on board the Two Sisters. At noon we got 

 under weigh, and worked out of the harbour: at 

 dark we were abreast of Black Islands, and found 

 a great swell at sea. 



Wednes., Septemher 25, 1776. At ten this 

 morning we saw the land, but did not know^ where 

 we were, as the w^eather was foggy; we supposed 

 that we were near Point Spear; at three o'clock 

 we made the land again, and found it to be the 

 Caribous; we then ran round the South side of 

 them, and came to anchor in Charles Harbour, 

 at half after four. I had the disappointment to 

 hear, that our three salmon-j^osts here had got 

 but a himdred and fifty tierces of fish. I also 

 learned, that few other people had killed more in 

 l)roportion, and that the cod-fishery had failed 

 greatly all ronnd Newfoundland, but had been 

 vei"y successful u])on this coast. Noble and V'w- 

 son's schooner came in here this evening from the 

 northward, and remained the night. 



SatKrdn/f, Ortoher 5, 1776. We spread the re- 

 mainder of the fish, got the Squii'i'el afloal, and 

 packed the fni's: lliere wei'c in (be whole, eighty- 

 eight foxes, a hundi-ed and Iwenty-five martens, 



