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238 have their mouths nearly full- /some of the best swimmers,/ - as they dive for their pieces we could see them for a long distance under the water scrabling for the piece, we could see them push and pull one another while under water, and some times would use their fists, a regular set to, at fisticuffs- they came so near, sometimes when the wheels are in motion, they are obliged to dive to get out of the way- and some times will pass under the vessel and come up on the other side,- this is quite a large and I should say safe, harbour, in a storm- although the land being so low about here a vessel may be some exposed to heavy winds here, but theres not much danger of a heavy sea, here, so far in- and so crooked a channel up to the town etc- Soon as we had made fast, the work of Coaling commenced- and this is done by the blacks, "females" carried on board in tubs of about 75, or 100, pounds each. on the heads of these blacks- each one takes her tub upon her head and starts on a dogtrot, for the vessel, as they arrive opposite the coalhole each throws their tub full in, without stoping and pass out another way- and in this way, they keep a continual stream of coal pouring in, till full- all the time these blacks are at work, they appear very cheerful