HISTORY OF 



launching once more into the ocean ; on which 

 occasion, as often before, they addressed them- 

 selves to that Power to which they trusted for 

 deliverance. Mr. Cotter's wound was again 

 washed, and four pieces more taken frem the 

 skull, when they clearly discovered, that from 

 the blow being given slantways down the back 

 of the head, it had been given by a hatchet, 

 which they had no doubt was the one which 

 had been stolen from the ship. They still how- 

 ever assured him of its looking well and being 

 about to heal. 



" They were now in greater distress than 

 ever for water: even the last miserable resource 

 they had considerably failing them. This threw 

 such a damp on their spirits that they grew 

 disconsolate, -and were making up their minds 

 to meet death with becoming fortitude, having 

 given up every hope of surviving another day, 

 when Mr. Haskett eagerly exclaimed " he saw 

 land." 



" Mr. Shaw likewise perceiving it, they re- 

 vived instantly. Once more putting their hopes 

 in Providence, they stood in for the Southern 

 extremity of the land, which they made no 

 doubt was Timor, and soon got in a few miles 

 to the leeward of the extreme, where they dis- # 

 covered a bay, at the head of which were cocoa- 

 nut trees. 



u They shortly after perceived the natives 

 on shore- Recent circumstances, however, 

 made them fearful of landing ; but Mr. Shaw 

 observed, that they might as safely trust to the 





