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we dipped the waist baminocks under, to reach 1824<. 

 a shehered anchorage before night. The wind Sept. 

 blew with such violence as to cover the sea 

 with one continued foam, but we succeeded 

 in nearing the land, and, having at four P.M. 

 previously furled all the sails, brought up with 

 two bower anchors and seventy fathoms chain, 

 in fifteen fathoms, at four miles from the land, 

 off which the heavy gale blew down to us. 

 Now it was w^e felt the happiness of being 

 quietly at anchor; the ship's company had 

 been casting the deep sea lead every hour in 

 deep w^ater, and in shoal, every quarter^ for 

 six days and nights, which had kept them con- 

 stantly wet at a temperature rarely above the 

 freezing point ; yet by this labour alone had I 

 been able to keep the ship in safety during 

 the last w eek of heavy gales. In the evening 

 I spliced the main brace, and issued an extra 

 pint of water ; and the singing and merriment 

 which prevailed between decks, plainly evinced 

 the value my people placed on an evening of 

 rest. 



The 8th was fine and clear, but the gale very 

 strong. Our position by observation accorded 

 so well with Middleton's chart, that it was 

 evident we had anchored between Whale Point, 

 and Cape FuUerton. The wind having mode- 

 rated towards evening, I was induced to send 



