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very thick and foggy with no wind, we were com- isi9. 
pelled to remain. During the morning, two July 11. 
natives, whom we afterwards recognised to be 
the same that came down to the dry sands last 
Sunday, were perceived walking from the 
north end of the long sandy beach towards the 
point; and, as they passed abreast of us, they fre- 
quently hailed. Soon after they had disappeared 
round the point, they were seen to paddle in a 
canoe towards the mangroves on the opposite 
shore ; they were armed with spears, and were, 
perhaps, returning from a hunting excursion. 
Soon after this, they were again perceived pad- 
dling along the edge of the mangroves, apparently 
engaged in spearing fish with a fiz-gig ; which 
the striker used in a similar way to that of the 
natives of Port Jackson ; but from the leisurely 
manner in which they proceeded, it was evi- 
dently their intention to approach us under 
pretence of fishing. 
They were soon lost sight of by the intervention 
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