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often argued with them against it but ^they always as strenuously supported it and never would own that it was wrong. It is reasonable to suppose that men with whome this Custom is found seldom if ^orever give quarter to those they overcome in battle and if so they must fight desperatly to the very last. a strong proff of this supposision we had from the people of Queen Charlottes Sound who told us but a few days before we arrived that they had kill'd and eat a whole boats crew    surely a single boats crew or at least a part of them when they found themselves beset and over powerd by number would have surrender'd themselves prisioners was such a thing practised among them   the heads of these unfortunate people they preserved as trophies four or five of them they brought off to shew to us one of which Mr Banks bought or rather forced them to sell for they parted with it with the utmost reluctancy and afterwards would not so much as let us see one more for anything we could offer them —

In the article of food these people have no ^great variety. Firn roots, Dogs, Fish and wild foul is what they ^their chiefly diet for Cocos, Yamms and sweet Potatoes is not cultivated every w[h]ere   they dress their victuals in the same manner as they do ^in the people in the South Sea Islands that is dogs and large fish they bake in a hole in the ground and small fish, birds shell fish &c they broil on the fire.   firn roots they like wise heat over the fire

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