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We saw no wood growing, but found small pieces of wood upon the islands, and some small pieces of sweet wood among the same.
We found great harts' horns, but could see none of the stags where we went, but we found their footings.
As for the bones which we received of the savages, I cannot tell of what beasts they be.
The stones that we found in the country were black, and some white; as I think, they be of no value; nevertheless I have brought examples of them to you. The 30th of August we departed from this harbour towards England, and the wind took us contrary, so that we were fain to go to another harbour the same day at eleven of the clock.
And there came to us thirty-nine of the people and brought us thirteen seal-skins, and after we received these skins of them the master sent the carpenter to change one of our boats which we had bought of them before; and they would have taken the boat from him perforce, and when they saw they could not take it from us they shot with their darts at us, and struck one of our men with one of their darts, and John Filpe shot one of them in the breast with an arrow.
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