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in our return ; and at eight o'clock in the evening of 

 the 9th, it began to blow very hard from the south- 

 east, which obliged us to close reef the topsails ; and 

 at two in the morning of the 10th, in a heavy squall, 

 we found ourselves close in with the breakers, that 

 lie to the northward of the west point of Owhyhee. 

 We had just room to haul off, and avoid them, and 

 fired several guns to apprize the Discovery of the 

 danger. 



In the forenoon, the weather was more moderate, 

 and a few canoes came off to us, from which we learnt, 

 that the late storms had done much mischief; and 

 that several large canoes had been lost. During the 

 remainder of the day we kept beating to windward, 

 and, before night, we were within a mile of the bay ; 

 but not choosing to run on, while it was dark, we 

 stood off and on till day-light next morning, when 

 we dropt anchor nearly in the same place as before. 



vou VII. D 



