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of milk ; several cows having been driven down 

 and swam across the river, and established at the 

 huts immediately below our encampment, near 

 the entrance of the Leubu, in one of which 

 resided the old Indian proprietor of the ground 

 which we were on. 



June 23. — It blew a gale of wind from the 

 northward during the night, with heavy rain, 

 causing a good deal of surf to roll into the bay. 

 It continued raining hard till towards the even- 

 ing, when it became ioggy, with less wind. 

 The crew suffered much from the wet state of 

 their tents and clothing, and the confinement 

 occasioned by the rains. The want of warm 

 clothing was much felt : every possible substitute 

 was resorted to ; one of which was, the turning 

 the blankets of those who were fortunate enough 

 to possess one into ponchos, by putting the 

 head through a hole cut in the middle, and 

 which, with the addition of a belt, was the 

 usual dress of the sentinels and watch. 



An occasional visit was made to our old In- 

 dian landlord, the landed proprietor over many 

 miles of land around us : his family consisted of 

 eight or ten in number of either sex, subject to 

 his control j they lived in what appeared to us 



