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1779- make the beft of my way to the harbour of St. Peter and 

 » -v— — ' St. Paul. At noon, we were in latitude 53 8' North, longi- 

 tude 160 40' Eaft, with Cheepoonfkoi Nofs bearing Weft. 

 We had light airs in the afternoon, which lafted through 

 Monday 23. foe forenoon of the 23d. At noon, a frelh breeze fpringing 

 up from the Eaftward, we flood in for the entrance of Awat- 

 fka Bay ; and at fix in the evening, faw it bearing Weil 

 North Weft half Weft, diftant five leagues. At eight, the 

 light houfe, in which we now found a good light, bore 

 North Weft by Weft, three miles diftant. The wind about 

 this time died away ; but the tide being in our favour, we 

 fent the boats ahead, and towed beyond the narrow parts of 

 the entrance; and, at one o'clock in the morning of the 

 Tucfday2 4 . 24th, the ebb tide fetting againft us, we dropped anchor. 

 At nine, we weighed, and turned up the bay with light airs, 

 and the boats ftill ahead till one ; when, by the help of a 

 freih breeze, we anchored, before three in the afternoon, 

 in the harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul, with our enfign 

 half ftaff up, on account of our carrying the body of 

 our late Captain ; and were foon after followed by the Dii- 

 covery. 



We had no fooner anchored, than our old friend, the 

 Serjeant, who was ftill the Commander of the place, came 

 on board with a prefent of berries, intended for our poor 

 deceafed Captain. He was exceedingly affected when wc 

 told him of his death, and mewed him the coffin that con- 

 tained his body. And as it was Captain Clcrke's particular 

 requeft to be buried on more, and, if poffible, in the church 

 of Paratounca, we took the prefent opportunity of explain- 

 ing this matter to the Serjeant, and confulting with him 

 about the proper ftcps to be taken on the occafion. In the 

 courfe of our convcrfation, which, for want of an intcrpre- 



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