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Our young men propose having a piece ofground cleared, and in readiness for the ploughagainst the arrival of our boat, that no time may be lost with respect to getting in as muchof this grain as our circumstances will ad-mit. This evening our young men endeav-ored to catch eels, but their canoe upset, andthey caught a ducking. Their household utensils were 5 tins, threespoons, a camp kettle, and a small fryingpan, borrowed from the Indians. They wanteddishcloths, towels, soap, and something toknead brid in. They say, When we fry ourmeat or our fritters, we have neither dish norplate to put them on, so we use bark dishes. Our bacon was nearly gone and our cheesequite. A little flour left that we broughtfrom Franklin with chocolate and sugar areour chief dependence as food. We have received some sugar of the Indians as a present, andsome we purchased of the Indians at 1s. 6d. per lb.(18 3/4 cts) which we find a pretty good substitutefor butter and cheese, by taking a bite of sugar(it was in hard cakes) with our bread, there wasno cow in this settlement. The rain to dayconvinced us that our house was not proofagainst storms. 25th 6th day Still rainy, so that very little