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1819. tacks were prem?i?t? by the naives du?ng A?.?. ?e day, ?ey ha?g on? or ne? the .yerge of ?e ?; but ?eir fors?k ? before ?ey were. s?cien?y n?r ? ?ow ei?r spe?s or s?nes ? ? A ? was ?ways hoist? on ?a?, w?ver �ey were obse? adyancing, whi& pre?r? natives, for ?ey ?ways s?p?d sho? ?e mo- ment it ?s ?sp?y?. The mn of wa?r was so t?fling, ?at we ?uld not prate more ? from sixty to one h? g?lons ?r day, for while ?e high tides lasted, ? we? in ?e morning w? ?ways fo?d ? of s?t water. ?s in?nyenien? ?d not last year, b?use it was n? f?nd n?s? dig a hole, ?e stm? being of i?elf s?cien8y ab?t for o? ?se. ]?s. ?e delay, however, was not lost, ?smuch it gave an op?ity of ?ding new rates for �e washes, ? well as. of obm? a set of . lun? obse?ations for the longi?de. On ?e 13?, Mr. ?dwe? went ?d for t?le, but no r?nt tr?s we? o? se?, exce?ing the rem?ns of one ?t had a week before ?r?sh? a mp?t ? the. natives. N?r to ?is pl? were found disin?. ?me