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them for less than they thought they were worth, 

 would take them ashore again. 



On the 22d, at eight in the morning, we tacked 

 to the southward, with a fresh breeze at east by 

 north. At noon, the latitude was 20 28' 30" ; and 

 the snowy peak bore south-west half south. We 

 had a good view of it the preceding day, and the 

 quantity of snow seemed to have increased, and to 

 extend lower down the hill. I stood to the south- 

 east till midnight, then tacked to the north till four 

 in the morning, when we returned to the south- 

 east tack ; and, as the wind was at north-east by east, 

 we had hopes of weathering the island. We should 

 have succeeded, if the wind had not died away, 

 and left us to the mercy of a great swell, which 

 carried us fast toward the land, which was not two 

 leagues distant. At length, we got our head off, and 

 some light puffs of wind, which came with showers 

 of rain, put us out of danger. While we lay, as 

 it were, becalmed, several of the islanders came oft* 

 with hogs, fowls, fruit, and roots. Out of one ca- 

 noe we got a goose ; which was about the size of a 

 Muscovy duck. Its plumage was dark grey, and the 

 bill and legs black. 



At four in the afternoon, after purchasing every 

 thing that the natives had brought off, which was full 

 as much as we had occasion for, we made sail, and 

 stretched to the north, with the wind at E. N. E. At 

 midnight we tacked, and stood to the S. E. Upon t 

 supposition that the Discovery would see us tack, tht 

 signal was omitted ; but she did not see us, as we 

 afterward found, and continued standing to the north ; 

 for, at day-light next morning, she was not in sight. 

 At this time, the weather being hazy, we could not 

 see far ; so that it was possible the Discovery might 

 be following us ; and being past the north-east part 

 of the island, I was tempted to stand on, till, by the 

 wind veering to N. E., we could not weather th*. 

 land upon the other tack. Consequently we coul' 



