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allowed to touch them under pain of death. 

 The Royal George, a very fine vessel, had just 

 arrived from England, but had brought no des- 

 patches. At 3. 30, we got under weigh, sa- 

 luted the shipping, and were answered by the 

 Royal George. Owing to the wood being wet, 

 the steam was kept up very imperfectly. 



On the next morning, 24th November, we 

 fell in with the Quorra, which had been sent 

 after us by Colonel Nicolls, with the men, and 

 some provisions and despatches, which the Crown 

 cutter had brought from England. 



The next day. Captain Fuge, who had charge 

 of the Quorra, entered the St. John's river, instead 

 of the Nun : we accompanied him, and in passing 

 the bar did not meet with less than two fathoms 

 of water. The cutter had been to the Nun, and 

 King Boy had obtained very considerable pre- 

 sents. Not finding us there. Captain Fuge had 

 proceeded to Fernando Po, whence he had been 

 despatched here after us by Colonel Nicolls. 



On the 27th November, we weighed anchor 

 from St. John's river, and passed through a creek, 

 called Brass Creek, into the river Nun, at 5. 30 

 p. M. ; and a little after 8 in the morning we got 

 aground, where we lay all night. By 4 the next 



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