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The Efperance immediately fent us her launch 

 and her barge, which, added to our own boats, 

 endeavoured in vain to tow our fhip's head round 

 to (larboard. We then felt the neceffity of car- 

 rying out a ftream anchor to the weft north-weft, 

 in order to fteady our fhip by a good hawfer, 

 that might prevent her from being driven nearer 

 the coaft ; then, to lighten her, we ftartcd in the 

 hold all the fait water with which moft of our 

 empty cafks had been filled, and, to free the ihip 

 of it, we at the fame time let all the pumps to work. 

 As foon as we were lightened of this weight, we 

 hove at the capftern on a bower anchor; which 

 had been dropped quite clofe to the former; but 

 it was not till about one o'clock that we were 

 able to get off this fand-bank, and after we had 

 made the greateft efforts, our fhip was at length 

 brought afloatl 



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