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circumftance, we found it advifeable to 

 return back and put Into the cove, 

 which the night before we were pre- 

 vented getting into. We were detained 

 here two or three days, by exceeding 

 bad weather ; fo that, had we not fortu- 

 nately provided ourfelves with fome 

 feal, we muft have ftarved, for this place 

 afforded us nothing. 



At length we reached Montrofe Ifland. 

 This is by much the beft and pleafanteft 

 fpotwehad feen in this part of the world; 

 though it has nothing on it eatable but 

 fome berries, which refembled goofe- 

 berries in flavour: they are of a black 

 hue, and grow in fwampy ground; and 

 the buili, or tree, that bears them is much 

 taller than that of our goofeberries. 

 We remained here fome time, living 

 upon thefe berries, and the remainder 

 of our feal, which was now grown quite 

 rotten. Our two or three firft attempts 

 to put out from this ifland were .with- 

 out 



