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of the Douglas. The Master asks
the blacks if they would come
with the ship, and they appear
to be satisfied and the Master
told them to fetch two more.
The blacks then went away and
returned with two others the
second day afterwards. We
were getting under weigh, when
[struck out "they"] three came aboard, the fourth
black remaining in the
canoe. The Master would
not take this fourth man
aboard as he looked a
very bad kind of man. We
then sailed for the Guano
Island about 200 miles
due East of this Port. The
wind proved contrary and
we anchored at Cape Upstart
& watered there. The three blacks
assisting on shore, they did
not attempt to go away. We
stayed nearly a week at Cape
Upstart and reached Guano
Island about the seventh or
eighth of February. We found
a brig called the Alexandra
there, belonging to the same
owner, but she left eight days
after taking Mr Beaver with
her. We loaded up some
guano, the blacks working
with us. [struck out "The day after the Al"]
The day the Alexandra