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we were, had haftened, with four of thei 

 iflanders, to give us affiftance. He had 

 brought with him a ftrong pulley, which^ 

 when fixed on the fhore, was to receive a 

 rope, by means of which the veflel might 

 be drawn upon the land. B ,t to efFed thiSj 

 it was nee flary to form a kind of inclined 

 plane on the ihore, along which the boat 

 might be drawn ; which was foon done, 

 w^ith the fpades and fhovels that had been 

 provided for the purpofe. 



"We were not more than fifteen feet from 

 the land, and, by inceflantly plying our oarSj 

 made every effort to avoid approaching ic 

 nearer. We were obliged, at the fame time^ 

 continually to bale the water out of the 

 boat, to prevent its fmking ; which was the' 

 continual employment of myfelf and my 

 fervant, the failors being entirely occupied 

 in uling the oars. A rope coiled up was 

 now thrown on fhore by one of the failors, 

 and, after two or three unfuccefsfjl at- 

 tempts, caught by the perfons on the beach 

 and paffed through the pulley j while the 

 9 failor 



