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been out, by our aGCount, jufl two^ 

 months j in which we had rounded, 

 backwards and forwards, the great bay 

 formed to the northward by that higb 

 land we had obferved from Mount Mi- 

 fery. 



The firft thing we did upon our ar- 

 rival, was to fecure the barge, as this 

 was our fole dependence for any relief 

 that might offer by fea ; which done, 

 we repaired to our huts, which formed 

 a kind of village or ftreet, confifting of 

 feveral irregular habitations ; fome of 

 which being covered by a kind of 

 brufli-wood thatch, afforded tolerable 

 flielter againft the inclemency of the 

 weather. Among thefe, there was one 

 which we obferved with fome furprife to 

 be nailed up. We broke it open, and 

 found fome iron work, picked out with 

 much pains from thofe pieces of the 

 wreck which were driven afhore. We 

 concluded from hence, thai the hidians 



who 



