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when one of the canoes was coming up with us [? ?] Captn said hurry my Lads if they come up with they will cut us all to pieces — Lawrance Lebogue a fine sailor said God damn my eyes sir you frighten us all out of our wits let the thiefs come and be damn'd if they will we will fight as long as we can — the [?] was going in a rather empertinent manner saying very pretty indeed by God that the Captn is the first man frighten'd I then said — you [?] sir if you speak another word I will come and heave you overboard — I told him to pull away — any other pieces of Bravery was when we made
the Reefs of New holland we were very near the Breakers before we saw them I had been asleep in the Fore part of the Night and releaved Mr Peckover at 12 oclock, the time we use to guage by the [?] of the Painter — about an Hour after I had been looking out I said to the man that was steering the Boat, dont you hear a Noise like the Roaring of the sea against the Rocks — the man said yes sir I think I do — on the Quarter I then got up and stod [stood] against the mast some time, at last I saw the breakers ahead — when emmedially calld to Captn Bligh and