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then over again after another piece. It was a very clever feat and performed with astonishing agility. We resolved to go ashore so down the gangway we went and of all the scuffling who should have us would have scared a nervous person like me I dont think. The row ashore as quite a treat. We had a good row with the rowers when when we got ashore but we would not pay till we went back to the ship & we promised faithfully to go back by them. Terrafirma reached we had a run to stretch our legs and then made our way along the shore into the town. The houses are built chiefly of a kind of a kind of mixture of clay & small stones after the fashion of concrete build ings. Some had plaster over it and others were left bare. Some were painted of various designs & colours. They are roofed with tiles and the doors & window frames

then over again after another piece. It was a
very clever feat and performed with aston
ishing agility. We resolved to go ashore so
down the gangway we went and of all the
scuffling who should have us would have
scared a nervous person like me I dont think.
The row ashore as quite [a treat?]. We had a
good row with the rowers when when we got a
shore but we would not pay till we went
back to the ship & we promised faithfully
to go back by them. Terrafirma reached
we had a run to stretch our legs and
then made our way along the shore into the
town. The houses are built chiefly of a kind
of a kind of mixture of clay & small
stones after the fashion of concrete build
ings. Some had plaster over it and
others were left bare. Some were painted
of various designs & colours. They are roofed
with tiles and the doors & window frames