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Set out this morning before sunrise— (1) ¾ of a mile to the mouth of this river [1] it is about 18 yards wide at it's mouth and affords but little water at this moment, tho' I am informed that there is a handsome settlement on it & that in high water it navigable many miles, it heads with the waters of the Saline of Mississippi & the St. Francis rivers—
(2) This is a bold point of rocks forming the extremity of a range of hills which have continued on our Lard quarter for a considerable distance the Creek of the same name [2] which puts in just above it is 20 miles in length and has a considerable number of inhabitants on it, and as many as three gristmills.—
(3) at the lower point of this Ild. [3] I came too and took Meridian Altitudes of ☉'s L. L.; found it 62° 54' 30" Error of Sextant 8' 45"—
| Course | Time | dist. | |
| N. 70 W. | 1— | —¾ | To river Ameat Lard. qtr (1) |
| " " " | 1— | —¾ | To Cape St. Comes Lard. (2) |
| N. 21 E. | —10 | —¼ | To mouth of creek Lard. of the same name— |
| " " " | 1 15 | 1 ¼ | To large Isld. Lard |
| N. 50 W. | 2 20 | 2 ½ | To Isld. Lard. (3) |
| " " " | 2— | 3— | wind served us here— |
| N. 44 W. | —10 | —¼ | Isld. Stard qtr. |
| " " " | 1 40 | 3— | To upper pt. of parrarie Lard. |
| N. 50 W. | —45 | 1 ¼ | Come too for the night at Lower pt. of Isld. Lard. qutr [4] |
| 10 20 | 13 |
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