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gale that afterwards wafted us to the shore, would 

 then certainly have beaten us to pieces. In the 

 evening of the preceding day, we had observed a 

 fire near the beach over against us ; and as it would 

 be necessary for us to stay some time in this place, 

 we were not without hope of making an acquaintance 

 with the people. We saw more fires upon the hills 

 to-day, and with our glasses discovered four Indians 

 going along the shore, who stopped and made two 

 fires ; but for what purpose it was impossible we 

 should guess. 



The scurvy now began to make its appearance 

 among us, with many formidable symptoms. Our 

 poor Indian, Tupia, who had some time before com- 

 plained that his gums were sore and swelled, and 

 who had taken plentifully of our lemon juice by the 

 surgeon's direction, had now livid spots upon his 

 legs, and other indubitable testimonies that the dis- 

 ease had made a rapid progress, notwithstanding all 

 our remedies, among which the bark had been liberal- 

 ly administered. Mr. Green, our astronomer, was 

 also declining ; and these, among other circum- 

 stances, embittered the delay which prevented our 

 going ashore. 



In the morning of the 17th, though the wind was 

 still fresh, w T e ventured to weigh, and push in for the 

 harbour ; but in doing this we twice run the ship 

 aground : the first time she went off without any 

 trouble, but the second time she stuck fast. We 

 now got down the fore-yard, fore-top-masts, and 

 booms, and taking them overboard, made a raft of 

 them alongside of the ship. The tide was happily 

 rising, and about one o'clock in the afternoon, she 

 floated. We soon warped her into the harbour, and 

 having moored her along side of a steep beach to the 

 south, we got the anchors, cables, and all the hawsers 

 on shore before night. 



