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to it by crofling, which is very feldom 

 to be effected, in thefe over-grown feas, 

 by boats : and this we experienced now ; 

 for the wind fpringing up, and begin- 

 ning to blow frefh, we were obliged to 

 put back towards the firft head-land, 

 into a fmall cove, juft big enough to 

 Ihelter the two boats. Here an accident 

 happened that alarmed us much. After 

 fecuring our boats we climbed up a rock 

 fcarcely large enough to contain our 

 numbers : having nothing to eat, we 

 betook ourfelves to our ufual receipt for 

 hunger, which was going to fleep. We 

 accordingly made a fire, and flowed our- 

 felves round it as well as we could ; but 

 two of our men being incommoded for 

 want of room, went a little way from us, 

 into a fmall nook, over which a great 

 cliff hung, and ferved them fora canopy. 

 In the middle of the night we were awak- 

 ened with a terrible rumbling, which 

 we apprehended to be nothing lefs than 



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