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and returned just before night, made a 
fire, cooked some fish, and ate a deli¬ 
cious supper. 
Our canoe being leaky and very much 
out of repair, my master and I commen¬ 
ced taking her to pieces, for the pur¬ 
pose of re-building her; and we were 
occasionally employed upon her nearly 
two months, when we launched her, and 
commencing fishing business, had alter¬ 
nately good and bad success. One day 
we had the good fortune to enclose, in a 
kind of wear made for the purpose, a 
large quantity of fishes, and with a 
scoopnet we caught a plentiful supply. 
After eooking them, we set out with a 
quantity to dispose of to the chiefs of 
Milly, where we arrived before night, 
on the same day of sailing* Very soon 
after our arrival I saw Lay and his mas¬ 
ter approaching the canoe, and we once 
more had a short but pleasantinterview. 
I inquired of Lay how he fared, as to • 
food, &c. His reply was, better than 
he expected, and that the natives were 
kind to him, always giving him his part, 
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