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signals in vain for a boat from the east battery, under 

 which the ships were lying at anchor. We ran back to the 

 town and down to the other place of landing, hoping to 

 find them there, but were now informed, to our great as- 

 tonishment, that the boat, which had brought us on shore, 

 had been upset in the surf when going out again, with all 

 the officers. Captain Tuckey succeeded in reaching the 

 shore by swimming, and escaped with the loss of his sword. 

 Lieut. Hawkey's foot was entangled in a rope, and he was 

 with much difficulty and almost lifeless brought on shore 

 by Captain Tuckey and a negro. The fat purser wisely 

 saved himself on the bottom of the boat. Thus tlie}' all 

 got pretty well off, but their fright had made them forget 

 us entirely. We were therefore once more obUged to 

 return to the town, and take up our lodgings at a kind of 

 public-house, kept by a fat negro woman, to whom we 

 left the care of providing for our dinner, of washing our 

 linen, &c. We were better acconuuodated than we ex- 

 pected. Before day break we were upon the alert, look- 

 ing out for the landing of the gentlemen from the ship, 

 with instruments, books, &c. for our excursion to the inte- 

 rior of the island. AVe waited impatiently till ten o'clock, 

 but were disappointed. In the mean while we took a walk 

 round the town, and descended into the plain to the east 

 side. Here are several wells, one of which in particular 

 supplies the town with water. It is about three fathoms deep, 

 and its water was the temperature of 76° of Fahrenheit. 



A great number of half-naked negro men and women 

 flocked down to fetch vraterfrom this well. Tudor, in his 



