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bottom, at three leagues diftance from it ; the high hill „ \" So - 



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bearing South Weft by South, and the peak on Cracatoa « — -v— » 

 North by Eaft. We had light airs and calms till fix next 

 morning, when we weighed and made fail, having, in our Saturday 12. 

 endeavours to heave the anchor out of the ground, twice 

 broken the old meffenger, and afterward a new one, cut out 

 of our beft hawfer. This, however, was intirely owing to 

 the wretched ilate of our cordage, as the ftrain was not very 

 confulerable, and we had befidcs aflifted the cable in coming 

 in, by clapping the cat-tackle on it. The wind continuing 

 fair, at noon we came to an anchor off the South Eaft end 

 of Prince's Iiland, in twenty-fix fathoms, over a fandy bot- 

 tom ; the Eaft end of the iiland bearing North North Eaft, 

 the Southernmoft point in light South Weft by South, the 

 high peak North Weft half Weft, diftant from the neareft 

 more half a mile. 



As foon as we had come to anchor, Lieutenant Lannyon, 

 who had been here before with Captain Cook, in the year 

 1770, was fent along with the Mafter, to look for the water- 

 ing-place. The brook from which, according to the beft of 

 his recollection, the Endeavour had been fupplied, was 

 found quite fait. Further inland, they faw a dry bed, 

 where the water fecmed to have lodged in rainy feafons ; 

 and, about a cable's length below, another run, fupplied 

 from an extenfive pool, the bottom of which, as well as the 

 furface, was covered with dead leaves. This," though a 

 little brackifh, being much preferable to the other, we be- 

 gan watering here early the next morning, and finiflicd the Sunday 13. 

 fame day. 



The natives, who came to us foon after we anchored, 

 brought a plentiful fupply of large fowls, and fome turtles ;. 



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