A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
BOOK |
The attendants and those in office paid
these men the most
submissive respect, always speaking and answering the questions put to them in a stooping posture, looking upon the deck. It now occurred to me these people must have arrived after dark last evening, and were the same to whom we had refused admittance, while our suspicions led us to suppose they had some other view to gratify than mere curiosity, by coming so late. The arrival of our new friends prevented our being troubled In the afternoon they sent us water in jars and tubs, and
took The night was moderate, and fair weather from the northward. |
l6th |
Fresh breezes and very equally from the N. E. quarter, with
dark cloudy weather, which prevented our having much communication with
the shore. Our friends, notwithstanding the violence of the wind, sent us
both wood and water. |
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