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By this time the jolly-boat had 
hearly come within hail, and we 
lay-by till informed of her fituation: 
fhe brought with her neither pro- 
vifion, water, compafs, or quadrant. 
Hence we were reduced to the fad 
medium of confulting our fafety 
alone; and perhaps never did the 
human mind ftruggle under greater 
difficulties than we experienced in 
being obliged to leave fo many be- 
hind, in all probability to perith: 
but it was evident that more people 
could not, with propriety, be re- 
ceived on board the launch, from 
our quantity of provifions, viz. two 
bags of buifcuit, of about r1oolb. 
each, two mutton hams of five 
pounds each, a goofe, two fowls, 
about twelve pounds of butter, a 
_cheefe, a fmall keg of rum contain- 
ing about four gallons, and a {mall 
rum cafk of water, marked on,the 
head twenty gallons. This was 
a very inadequate fuftenance for 
fifteen fouls already in the boat, who 
had to traverfe the vat diltance of 
411 leagues in a boifterous ocean, 
without any means of relief, 
There being yet a {pare compafs 
and quadrant in the launch, they 
were, by Mr. Clements’s direction, 
handed into the jolly-boat. At this 
time one of the convicts attempted 
to get on board us, but was oppoled 
by all, and pufhed into the fea. The 
fellow in the itruggle caught hold 
of Mr. Clements, who was with 
difficulty faved from being. pulled 
out of the boat along with him. The 
people in the jolly-boat picked the 
man up again, and then took to 
their oars, and rowed clofe upen 
our quarter, as if determined to 
board us by force. ‘To prevent 
therefore any f{cuffle, it was immedi- 
ately agreed to make fail; and we 
Vy Peal: our final departure from this 
fcene of mifery and diftrefs, at about 
nine o’clock. ‘he fhip at this tim: 
appeared funk down to her upper- 
deck ports. The large cutter, 
which was watehing our motions; 
immediately made fail after us, but 
in a fhort time feil much to leeward : 
Mr. Clements thought they intend- 
ed making for Prince Edward’s, or 
Marien’s and Crozet’s ifland. The 
finall cutter remained hanging on at 
a diftance from the fhip. They alfo 
ftepped their maft in the jolly-boat, 
and made fail after us; but, difap- 
pearing almoft at the fame moment, 
we think the boat filled and went 
down. ; 
At ten o’clock we had a hard 
fquall of wind, with a heavy fall of 
rain; at half pait eleven loft fight 
of the thip and -fmall cutter. At 
noon obferved the latitude to be 44 
deg. 7 min. S.; the boat was kept 
as much to the northward as the fea 
would allow. The wind at this time 
was about N. W. 
Dec. 26. Sirong gales, fgually 
and cloudy weather, with remarkas 
bly high feas. We were this night 
very muchnumbed and chilled with 
cold, anécould get no fleep. . In the 
morning the weather became more 
moderate. At four o’clock fhifted 
the fore-malt to its proper place, 
fiepped the main-matkt, and fet the 
fore and main-fails; at eight the 
people were employed to make a 
main-top-fail out of {ome theets, 
and a yard out of one of the boat's” 
thwarts; the hand of a broken oar 
was converted into a top-mait. A 
{mall tobacco cannifter was ent u 
to male a meafure for the diftribu- 
tion of the water, rather lefs than 
a jill, two of which it was agreed 
to allow cach man a day, 
Dec, 27. Firlt part, moderate 
breezes and cloudy weather.— At 
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