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that they could fpare. We fpent the 12th, plyinp; of? and '"79- 



January. 



on, with a frefh gale at Weft. A mile from the fliore, arid < » 



to the North Eaft of the South point of the ifland, having "^ *^'^ 

 tried foundings, we found ground at fifty-five fathoms , 

 depth ; the bottom a fine fand. At five in the evening, we 

 ilood to the South Weft, with the wind at Weft North Weft; 

 and foon after midnight we had a calm. 



At eight o'clock next morning, having got a fmall breeze Wedp.ef. 13. 

 at South South Eaft, we fleered to the North North Weft, in 

 for the land. Soon after, a few canoes came along-fide with 

 fome hogs, but without any vegetables, which articles we 

 moft w^anted. We had now made fome progrcfs ; for at 

 noon the South point of the iftand bore South, 86;" Eaft ; the 

 South Weft point North, 13" Weft; the neareft fliore two 

 leagues diftant; latitude, by obfervation, 18° s^'^ and our 

 longitude, by the time-keeper, 203" 40'. We had got the 

 length of the South Weft point of the ifland in the evening; 

 but the wind now veering to the Weftward and Northward, 

 during the night we loft all that we had gained. Next 

 morning, being ftill oft" the South Weft point of the ifland, Thurfdayi^.. 

 fome canoes came off'; but they brought nothing that we 

 were in want of. We had now neither fruit nor roots, and 

 were under a necefllty of making ufe of fome of our fca- 

 provifions. At length, fome canoes from the Northward 

 brought us a fmall fupply of hogs and roots. 



We had variable light airs next to a calm, the following F'i'^sy i;. 

 day, till five in the afternoon, when a fmall breeze at Eaft North 

 Eaftfpringing up, we were at laft enabled tofteer along fliore 

 to the Northward. The weather being fine, we had plenty of 

 company this day, and abundance of every thing. Many of 

 of our vifiters remained with us on board all night, and we 

 towed their canoes aftern. 



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