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& [ILL] pice [from] the T. sewars when they [ILL] [from] hunting. They received pice [extraordinary?] for watch at night.
3 Pice for a night, & for hunting 2, 3 or 4.
Twice I saw the body; the first time I put my hand on his breast, & water came out of his mo: – examined closely to see if he was really dead, for I could scarce believe it.

X Examined
The Cook bought the boy as a slave [from] the boy’s parents