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He gave them a bird he had Shott, which they would not Touch; neither did they speak one word, but seem'd to be much frightned.
They were quite Naked; even the Woman had nothing to cover her nudities.
Dr.Monkhouse and another Man being in the Woods, not far from the watering place, discover'd 6 more of the Natives, who at first seem'd to wait his coming; but as he was going up to them he had a dart thrown at him out of a Tree, which narrowly escaped him.
As soon as the fellow had thrown the dart he descended the Tree and made off, and with him all the rest, and these were all that were met with in the Course of this day. Saturday, 5th.
In the P.M.I went with a party of Men over to the North Shore, and while some hands were hauling the Sean, a party of us made an Excursion of 3 or 4 Miles into the Country, or rather along the Sea Coast.
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