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•778. now fucceeded in getting to the windward of the ifland, 

 s_. -.- J. which we had aimed at with fo much perfeverance. 



The Difcovery, however, was not yet to be fcen. But 

 the wind, as we had it, being very favourable for her to 

 follow us, I concluded, that it would not be long before Ihe 

 joined us. I therefore kept cruizing off this South Eafl 

 point of the ifland, which lies in the latitude of 19° 34', 

 and in the longitude of 205° 6', till I was fatisfied that Cap- 

 tain Gierke could not join me here. I now conjectured, that 

 he had not been able to weather the North Eafl: pare of the 

 ifland, and had gone to leeward in order to meet me that 

 way. 



As I generally kept from five to ten leagues from the land, 

 lnonday 28. HO canocs, cxccpt ouc, Came ofF to us till the 28th ; when 

 we were vifited by a dozen or fourteen. The people who 

 conduifled them, brought, as ufual, the produce of the 

 ifland. I was very forry that they had taken the trouble to 

 come fo far. For we could not trade with them, our old 

 ftock not being, as yet, confumed ; and we had found, by 

 late experience, that the hogs could not be kept alive, nor 

 the roots preferved from putrefacflion, many days. How- 

 ever, I intended not to leave this part of the ifland before I 

 got a fupply ; as it would not be eafy to return to it agairi, 

 in cafe it fhould be found neceffary. 



Wednef. 30. We began to be in want on the 30th ; and I would have 

 Hood in near the fliore, but was prevented by a calm ; but a 

 breeze fpringing up, at midnight, from South and South 

 Weft, we were enabled to ftand in for the land at day-break. 



Thurfdayji. At tcu o'clock in the morning, we were met by the ifland- 



ers with fruit and roots ; but, in all the canocs, were only 



7 three 



