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CHAP. Charlotte, but flie not obferving it, continued {landing to 



c — ^ — • the Southward ; foon afterwards having nearly loft fight 

 june^' of each other, we wore, and flood after her. Having 



Wednef. 7. joined companj, we again wore at one o'clock, and ftood 

 to the Northward. This miftake nearly occafioned us to 

 mifs Oneehow ; for, by ftanding too long to the South- 

 ward, we got into a current which fet us fo ftrongly to the 



Thurfday 8. South Wcft, that at daylight next morning, though the 

 wind hung well to the Eaftward, we could fcarely fetch a 

 league to the Eaftward of the Weft point. 



At fix o'clock the South and Eaft points of Oneehow 

 in one, bore North Eaft half North ; our diftance then from 

 the neareft land was about two miles. I now perceived 

 that we could weather well to the Eaftward of the road ; 

 therefore ft retched along ftiore, about the diftance of one 

 mile, and had regular foundings from twenty to fixteen 

 fathoms water, over a bottom of fine fand. The wind ftill 

 continuing well to the Eaftward, I was tempted to run, 

 down and look into the Weft bay. At nine o'clock we 

 hauled round the Weft point, and opened a bay, which I 

 found to be a very good one ; the foundings from fifteen 

 to feventeen fathoms water, over a fine fandy bottom, and 

 diftant at leaft two miles from fhore. After running 

 a-breaft the South Weft part of the bay, we anchored with 

 the beft bower in eighteen fathoms water, over a fandy bot- 

 tom, and moored with a kedge to the Weftward in twenty- 

 fom- fathoms water : the extrem.es of the bay bearing from 

 North by South to Soutli Eaft ; from which- laft point we 

 were not more than half a mile diftant. From the North 

 point of the bay a ledge of rocks extend themfelves in a di- 

 rection nearly Eaft and V/eft, for more than half a mile ; fome 



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