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was to pass over a crick that was in our way, and he expected we should be obstructed by the tide if we was not verey expeditions when we came to the crick which was about 8 in the morning, we found the watter amost up to our chins, and some was obliged to swim. This day at 12 of the clock my master gave cut word for my dinner, about one third part of dryed eall. which seemed to be at that time the sweetest morsel that ever I tasted in the whole course of my life. This day we arrived to the Bay Verd, at about 6 at night. was verey much fatigued with our days march both Indians and English having travelled 7 leagues over extraordinary bad travelling we was that day abliged several times to help one another out of the mud. This night the french people at the Bay Verd gave me something to eat and some tabacoe &c

Saturday the 23d This day there came one of the neutrel french