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Monday 8th.. Oct. 1804.

we Set off eairly, a pleasant morning. we passed a run on
the S. S. called Slate run. proceeded on about 12 oClock
we passed the mouth of Marroppy [Maropa] River. we
came to the upper end of an Island where one band of the
Rick-a-rees live. we camped above the Isd. on the S. S.