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^ ^iiL ^' ^^^ ^^ -^ig^ water and lie perfectly fecure ; but it not an- 

 ' — -7—' fwering our purpofe, we landed and walked into the 

 January, countrj, which was all in a wild ftate, without the leaft 

 " ^^ ' appearance of cultivation, and not a ftick of wood to be 

 feen as far as the eye could reach ; but a good fubflitute, 

 as fuel, may eafily be procured, which is the root of a long 

 coarfe grafs, that grows in many places quite to the water's 

 edge, and when dry would make excellent turf. In our 

 walk we picked up an iron hoop, and faw fome dung 

 v/hich appeared like that of an hog;, but our principal 

 defign in making this excuriion was not anfwered, as we 

 could not find any water fo convenient as that to the 

 Northward of our prefent fituation ; on which I returned 

 on board at one o'clock, and determined to make the fhip 

 as fecure as pofiible, in order that we might proceed on- 

 ouF watering bufinefs without the leaft delay.. 



At two o'clock the wind blowing very ftrong at SoutH; 

 Weft, we got the topgallant-mafts down upon deck, the 

 top-mafts were ftruck clofe down to the rigging, and the 

 lower yards kept aloft. In the night the weather grew 

 more m.oderate, and at four o'clock in the morning of 

 Saturday 7. the 7th, the long-boat was hoifted out and fent on fhore 

 with a watering party ; the cables were got upon- deck, in 

 order to get at the empty butts under them. At eleven 

 o'clock the boat returned with a load of water which' 

 filled thirteen butts in the main hold ; llie was immedi- 

 ately difpatched for another turn of water. During the 

 afternoon we had frefli gales and very fqually weather, fo^ 

 that it was with great difficulty the long-boat got a fecond 

 turn of water on board ; this completed the main-hold. 



and the cables were again coiled down. 



On 



