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engaged for a few days, at Milly ; t© 
instruct and assist the natives in repair¬ 
ing a canoe. The distance was four or 
five miles, and the captain wanting the 
carpenter, set sail for Milly in his gig, 
and soon arrived there; where he learn¬ 
ed that the carpenter had repaired the 
canoe, to the great satisfaction oi the 
natives, wHo expressed a strong desire 
that he might be permitted to remain a- 
moug inem on the island ; but the cap¬ 
tain informed them lie could not spare 
him. When the natives saw the car¬ 
penter packing up his tools, they ex¬ 
pressed to me an expectation that the 
toms woulu be left with them as a pres¬ 
ent. We left the natives, and reached 
the schooner a little before sunset; the 
captain feeling, anxious for the fate of 
the launch, as nothing yet had been 
heard of the fortune: wiiieh had attended 
her, or the men in her. 
Dec. (itn. Having procured a suffi¬ 
cient supply of wood, though our sup¬ 
ply of provisions was hardly sufficient 
for the voyage, and the launch having 
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