Author: Batman, John,
Title: Journal, manuscript
Date: 10 May-11 June 1835.
Accession Number: MS13181
Transcript Number: pp0016-047-0
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and part of the bones were
burnt, there may have been
a greater number of bones in
the back than I have seen - I
have brought on board, part of
the Head thigh bones and some
joints of the Back, for the
learned Gents - to study
over on my return to V-D-Land
we found this skilliten near
one of the Natives fishing places –
we proceed up this stream
and shot 5 Ducks - untill it
became a Chain of Ponds –
I then found the water only
a little Brackish, and the
further we went up the
better the water got untill
we got to a large Pond were
I shot two Teal, we here
found the water verry good
the Pond deep and about
150 yds diameter - I was please
to find so good water in

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