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from the land, and near Bantry Bay. Nothing 

 but the unmediate interposition of Divine Provi- 

 dence, or a series of fortunate accidents (should 

 the former be doubted) could possibly have saved 

 our lives. For had we not broached to on Satur- 

 day last, and by so doing lost twenty leagues of 

 ground, we must have run on shore in a heavy 

 gale and thick weather, at ten o'clock last night. 

 Had not the wind abated to almost a calm at five 

 this morning, we should have been on shore by 

 six; and if it had not cleared up just when it did, 

 and the wind shifted, we should soon have been 

 too near the land to have cleared it. We passed 

 Cape Clear in a little time, and ran along shore 

 till midnight, when we brought to for day-light. 



A fine day. 



Tuesday, November 24, 1772. At day-light we 

 found ourselves between Youghall and Dungar- 

 von, and hauled close up to the mouth of the latter 

 place in hopes of a boat coming off to take the 

 servant passengers on shore; in which case we 

 should immediately have proceeded for England: 

 but none appearing, we went forward for Water- 

 ford, and anchored at Passage at three in the 

 afternoon. We found here, his Majesty's frigate 

 Glory, commanded by my old acquaintance cap- 

 tain Chads. In the evening my friends and I 

 landed at Passage, where we supped; then went 

 to Waterford in a noddy* and two carrs, where 

 we arrived at one o'clock the next morning. 



Wednes., November 25, 1772. We remained at 



* A four-wheeled cab with the door at the back. 



