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ftory, we found that they too, hacj 

 been vifited by the fame unwelcome 

 gueft, which they had driven away by 

 much the fame expedient. We now re- 

 turned from this cruife, with a ftrong 

 gale, to Wager's ifland ; having found it 

 impradicable to make farther difcoveries 

 in the barge, on fo dangerous a coaft, 

 and in fuch heavy feas. Here we foon 

 difcovered, by the quarters of dogs 

 hanging up, that the Indians had 

 brought a frefli fupply to our market. 

 Upon enquiry, we found that there had 

 been fix canoes of them, who, among 

 other methods of taking fifti, had taught 

 their dogs to drive the fifti into a corner 

 of fome pond, or lake, from whence 

 they were eafily taken out, by the fkill 

 and addrefs of thefe favages. The old 

 cabal, during our abfence, had been frer 

 quently revived ; the debates of which 

 generally ended in riot and drunkennefs. 

 This cabal was chiefly held in a large 



tent, 



