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the north fo exceeding fleep, that in or- 

 der to afcend it (for there was no going 

 round, the bottom being wafhed by the 

 fea) we were at the labour of cutting 

 Heps. This, which we called Mount 

 Mifery, was of ufe to us in taking fome 

 obfervations afterwards, when the wea- 

 ther would permit : the fouthern pro^ 

 montory was not fo inacceflible. Be- 

 yond this I, with fome others, having 

 reached another bay, found driven afhore 

 fome parts of the wreck, but no kind of 

 provifion : nor did we meet with any 

 fliell-fih, which we were chiefly in 

 fearch of. We therefore returned to the 

 reft, and for that day made no other re* 

 paft than what the wild fellery afforded 

 us. The enfuing night proved exceed^ 

 ingly tempeftuous ; and, the fea running 

 very high, threatened thofe on board 

 with immediate deftru6lion by the part- 

 ing of the wreck. They then were 

 as follicitous to get alhore, as they 



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