202 NEW ZEALAND CHAP. VIII 
could, but night overtook us before we could get within 
some miles of her. It blew fresh with showers of rain. 
In this situation we rowed until nearly twelve, and then 
gave over, and running under the land came to a grappling, 
and all went to sleep as well as we could. 
21st. Before daybreak we set out again. It still blew 
fresh with mizzling rain and fog, so that it was an hour 
after day before we got a sight of the ship. However, 
we made shift to get on board by seven, tired enough ; 
and lucky for us it was we did, for before nine it blew a 
fresh gale, so that our boat could not have rowed ahead, 
and, had we been out, we must have either gone ashore or 
sheltered ourselves. Before evening, however, it moderated, 
so that we got under way with the ebb, but did little or 
nothing. 
