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29 April 1769 Saturday, 29th This day got the four Guns out of the Hold and mounted 2 of them on the Quarter Deck. and the other 2 in the Fort on the bank of the River For this day or 2 past about 30 Double Canoes, in which might be between 2 & 300 people, had come into our neighbourhood this made us keep a very good lookout & a strick eye over all their motions
Cultural Artefacts in South Seas Companion: canoes, in the Society Islands | carriage guns Places in South Seas Companion: Fort Venus
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