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Early Australian Voyages

CHAPTER XXI: REMARKS UPON THE VOYAGE
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They make the same signs of friendship, and their language seems to be one; but the others had proas, and these canoes.

On the sides of some of these we saw the figures of several fish neatly cut, and these last were not so shy as the others.
Steering away from Cave's Island south-south-east, we found a strong current against us, which set only in some places in streams, and in them we saw many trees and logs of wood, which drove by us.

We had but little wood aboard; wherefore I hoisted out the pinnace, and sent her to take up some of this driftwood.

In a little time she came aboard with a great tree in tow, which we could hardly hoist in with all our tackles.

We cut up the tree and split it for firewood.


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