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1779- gained, for the mere hopes of meeting with a better ; the 



February. 



» v — ' failure of which might perhaps have left us without 



refource. 



We therefore continued ftanding on toward the land, in 

 order to give the natives an opportunity of rcleafing their 

 friends on board from their confinement ; and, at noon, be- 

 ing within a mile of the more, a few canoes came off to us, 

 but fo crowded with people, that there was not room in 

 them for any of our guefts ; we therefore hoifted out the 

 pinnace to carry them on fhore ; and the Mailer, who 

 went with them, had directions to examine the South 

 coalls of the bay for water ; but returned without finding 

 any. 



The winds being variable, and a current fetting flrong to 

 the Northward, we made but little progrefs in our return ; 

 ruefday 9 . and at eight o'clock in the evening of the 9th, it began to 

 blow very hard from the South Eaft, which obliged us to 

 clofe reef the toplails ; and at two in the morning of the 

 vvednef. ic. ioth, in a heavy fquall, we found ourfelves clofe in with 

 the breakers, that lie to the Northward of the Weft point of 

 Owhyhee. We had juft room to haul off, and avoid them, 

 and fired fevcral guns to apprize the Difcovery of the 

 danger. 



In the forenoon, the weather was more moderate, and a 

 few canoes came off to us, from which we learnt, that tlie 

 late florms had done much mifchief ; and that feveral large 

 canoes had been loll. During the remainder of the day, we 

 kept beating to windward ; and, before night, we were 

 within a mile of the bay j but not choofing to run on, while 

 Thurfdayn. it was dark, we flood oil' and on till day-light next morning, 

 when we dropt anchor nearly in the fame place as before. 



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