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deed, is sd considerable, that it was deemed ne- 
cessary to take the Griper in tow this morning. We 
were obliged to anchor this evening abreast of Win- 
terton Lights, owing to the wind getting so light 
that it was impossible to stem the flood-tide. 
Thursday, 13th.— We weighed again last night, 
and worked to the northward until seven o’clock this 
morning, when we were again forced to bring to, 
until the tide came in our favour, which took place 
about one o’clock. We dropped anchor again in the 
evening, to preserve the ground we had gained in 
the course of the afternoon. We had considerable 
satisfaction to find, to-day, that the Griper answers 
remarkably well upon a wind, a very essential quality 
indeed in some situations in which we may happen to 
be placed. 
Friday, 14th. — We got under weigh again this 
morning, and were making the best of our way to 
the northward until a quarter before five o’clock, 
when we were all on a sudden a little startled by the 
ship striking on the east end of Sheeringham Shoal. 
The shock, or rather the shocks, for she touched 
three times, brought almost every person on deck 
in a few minutes ; but before many of us got there, 
all was right again. I suspect, indeed, that had it 
not been for the rough sea that was running, which 
caused the ship to pitch considerably, that she would 
have gone over it without touching ; but, fortunately, 
even as it was, there was no damage done. 
Thursday, 14th. — The wind being still against us, 
it would again be necessary to anchor when the ebb 
tide was done; but from the freshness of the breeze, 
the sea got up so much that this couldnot be done onan 
open coast such as that where we were, without run- 
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