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with it. Both boats were thoroughly cautioned about the 
Indians, for I had thoughts of their treachery. Just as the 
boats got out of sight, three people were observed on the ridge 
of a hill, about six miles distant ; and, at the same time two 
other persons appeared, much nearer the ship, on the east side 
of the harbour. Which was our party, and who the others 
were, it was perplexing to say, Both disappeared again for 
about two hours, when our stragglers came over a hill, very 
near the ship. Upon their arrival on board, they were scarcely 
able to move: they had been on their legs, almost without 
food, and without shelter from the rain, since they left the 
ship. Their intention had been to walk round the harbour, 
which appeared an employment for two hours only ; but at 
its head they found a lake, and beyond that lake a much 
larger one, joined to the first by a passage, which they could 
not cross. When they arrived at this passage, it was too late 
to return by the way they went, and their best chance seemed 
to be going on. After dark, they tried to make a fire, but the 
rain prevented them. It was too dark to see their way, and the 
cold rain obliged them to keep moving about, though in one 
place. When daylight came, they travelled on, and until they 
reached the ship at two o’clock, were constantly walking. 
“* The other people seen by us must have been Indians ; 
none were met by our wanderers, but several places were passed 
where fires had been made by them. 
*< April 10th. Directly our boats returned, we weighed and 
made sail ; but the wind soon failed, and the tide setting against 
us, obliged me to anchor. 
“¢ April 11th. Made sail towards the passage between Eliza- 
beth Island and Cape Negro, and anchored there to wait for 
the tide, which ran past us when at anchor, at the rate of three 
knots an hour. About Cape Negro the appearance of the land 
entirely changes. A low barren country gives way to hills 
covered with wood, increasing in height, and becoming more 
rocky and mountainous as you go southward. 
*© On the 13th, when working near the land, against a light 
southerly breeze, we saw a small canoe paddling along shore, 
