THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 493 



September. 



We continued to flretch to tlie Eaftward, till eight o'clock „ ^n^. 



in the morning of the 25th, when, in the latitude of 58° 32', 

 and in the longitude of 191° 10*, we tacked and flood to the ' ^^ *^° 

 Weft ; and foon after, the gale increafing, we were reduced 

 to two courfes, and clofe-reefed main top-fails. Not long 

 after, the Rcfolution fprung a leak, under the ftarboard 

 buttock, which filled the fpirit-room with water, before it 

 was difcovered ; and it was fo confiderable as to keep one 

 pump conftantly employed. We durft not put the fhip 

 upon the other tack, for fear of getting upon the flioals 

 that lie to the North Weft of Cape Newenham ; but conti- 

 nued ftanding to the Weft, till fix in the evening of the 26th, Saturday 26. 

 when we wore and flood to the Eaftward ; and then the leak 

 no longer troubled us. Ihis proved, that it was above the 

 water line ; which was no fmall fatisfadion. The gale was 

 now over; but the -wind remained at South and South Weft: 

 for fome days longer. 



At length, on the 2d of October, at day-break, we faw oaober> 

 the ifland of Oonalaflika, bearing South Eaft. But as this " ^^ ^' 

 was to us a new point of view, and the land was obfcured 

 by a thick haze, we were not fure of our fituation till noon, 

 ■when the obferved latitude determined it. As all harbours 

 were alike to me, provided they were equally fafe and con- 

 venient, I hauled into a bay, that lies ten miles to the Weft- 

 ward of Samganoodha, known by the name oi Egooch/Jmc i 

 but we found very deep water ; fo that we were glad to get 

 out again. The natives, many of whom lived here, vifited 

 us at different times, bringing with them dried falmon,and 

 other fifli, which they exchanged with the feamen for to- 

 bacco. But a few days before, every ounce of tobacco that 

 was in the fliip had been diftributed among them ; and the 

 quantity was not half fufficient to anfwer their demands. 



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