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1777. afterward vifited all the parties myfielf. I11 the evening, we 
drew the feine at the head of the bay, and, at one haul, 
caught a great quantity of filh. We fhould have got many 
more, had not the net broken in drawing it afhore. Moft 
of them were of that fort known to feamen by the name of 
elephant filh. After this, every one repaired on board with 
what wood and grafs we had cut, that we might be ready 
to fail whenever the wind fhould ferve. 
Tuefday 28. This not happening next morning, the people were fent 
on fhore again, on the fame duty as the day before. I alfo 
employed the carpenter, with part of his crew, to cut fome 
fpars for the ufe of the fhip ; and difpatched Mr. Roberts, 
one of the mates, in a fmall boat to furvey the bay. 
In the afternoon, we were agreeably furprifed, at the 
place where we were cutting wood, with a vifit from 
fome of the natives; eight men and a boy. They ap¬ 
proached us from the woods, without betraying any marks 
of fear, or rather with the greateft confidence imaginable ; 
for none of then). had any weapons, except one, who held 
in his hand a ftick about 'two feet long, and pointed at 
one end. 
They were quite naked, and wore no ornaments; un- 
lefs we confider as fuch, and as a proof of their love of 
finery, fome large punffures or ridges raifed on different 
parts of their bodies, fome in ftraight, and others in curved 
lines. 
They were of the common ftature, but rather {lender. 
Their {kin was black, and alfo their hair, which was as 
woolly as that of any native of Guinea ; but they were not 
diftinguifhed by remarkably thick lips, nor flat nofes. On 
the contrary, their features were far from being difagree- 
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