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ut* tiiii'ty twu thousand lisli; which would have 

 produced a thousand tierces. 



Wcihu's., July 21, 1779. I took Mr. Colliugham 

 with 11 ic ill the Beaver, and at seven o'clock we 

 came to sail. Beiuj;- near Duclv Island, I landed 

 opposite to it, and walked along shore to the 

 mouth of the small hrook, which empties itself 

 into the south side of Eastern Ann in Sandwich 

 Bay. and the shallop came to an anchor oft' it. 

 Good paths of Ijears and foxes run along this 

 shore, and ii is much used by geese at certain 

 times. I picked up above six score of excellent 

 quills, which had dropped from their wings in 

 the late moulting season; at wdiich time they are 

 in their ])rime; these quills are sold in London for 

 two shillings a score. 



Friday, July 23, 1779. "We got under weigh at 

 four o'clock this morning, and fowled downwards; 

 we soon after saw^ a bitch-w^olf, with four small 

 cubs at her heels, running along the shore between 

 Muddv Bav and the narrows. I landed a head 

 of them with my double-barrel and rifle, and 

 should have given a pretty good account of 

 tin 11 1. Imd they not turned into the woods. Tn 

 Laar ('(»\e we saw a ])lack-bear witli one small 

 (Mih; iA''( Venison Head w^e caught seven codfish; 

 and at ten at night, arrived at the stage. 



SfDtday, July ;?.7, 1779. This morning the ship's 

 two boats came up here, when T loaded llieiii \\ iili 

 househrdfl fnriiii iifc, t^-e. ;iii(I ;it iiooii, removed 

 with my family to Oreat Tslnnd foi* the sumuKM'. 

 This morning a hind and calf swam over from 



