In the Course of this Day, that is this afternoon and yester forenoon, we reckoned that we had not less than four or five hundred of the Natives alongside and on board the ship, and in that time did not rainge above 6 or 8 Leagues of the Sea-Coast: a strong proff that this part of the Country must be well inhabited —

In the Evening the wind came to the westward of north and we tacked and stood off NE until a 11 oClock when the wind coming more favourable we stood again to the westward. At 8 AM we were within a Mile of Group of small Islands lying close under the Main land and NWBW1/2W distant 22 Miles from Cape Bret.   here we lay for near two hours having little or no wind: dureing this time several Canoes came off to the Ship and 2 or 3 of them sold us some fish — ^{Cavalles as they are called which occasioned my giving the Islands the same name} after this, some others began to pelt us with stones and would not desist at the fireing of two Musquet Balls thro' one of their boats: at last I was obliged to pepper two or of the three fellows with small shott after which they retired, and the wind coming at NW we stood off to sea. At Noon the above ^Cavalle Islands bore SWBS distant 4 Miles, Cape Bret SE distant 7 Leag^s and the Westermost land in Sight making like Islands bore west and by north. Lat^d in per observation 34°.. 55' S^o

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