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little, and we began to unmoor. At eight o'clock we chap. 



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weighed and came to fail, with a light variable breeze. At — — — — ' 

 nine o'clock the wind came to the Northward and Weft- juiy." 

 ward ; and the Queen Charlotte being to the Northward 

 of us, was enabled to lie out, but I could not accomplifh 

 it. The flood-tide making in, and finding we fet very 

 faft towards Paffage Ifle, we brought up, and being ex- 

 ceedingly anxious to get into the main river, began warp- 

 ing againft the tide. The Queen Charlotte got clear out, 

 and I made her aflgnal to anchor, which fhe obeyed. About 

 eleven o'clock it began to blow very frefli from the North 

 North V/eft:, with conftant rain, and we were obliged 

 again to bring up. At noon the weather grew moderate, 

 and we endeavoured by every means to get out to fea, but 

 found it a difficult matter to accomplifli, owing to the un- 

 certainty of the tide, and the wind continually fliifting. 

 However, at eight o'clock, having worked out as far as 

 the outer rocks, a breeze fprung up from the Southward, 

 with which we made all fail, and got out, though we 

 paffed very near a ledge of rocks to the Northward : when 

 a-breaft; of that ledge, we were driven paft it in a hurry 

 by the flood-tide, which took us and carried us very fafl: 

 to the Northward. Soon afterwards the breeze failed u?, 

 and I was afraid of coming too near fome funken rocks, 

 fltuated to the Northward and Eaftward of the North. 

 ledge; therefore run a warp out to check the fl:iip. The 

 breeze coming on again in a fliort time, v/e flipped the: 

 warp, and run further off, and at ten o'clock brought-to 

 for the yaul, which I had fent to weigh the kedge, Ac 

 eleven o'clock the boat c-ame on board, and about the fame 

 time we joined the Queen Charlotte, and found fhe was 

 nearly under way. During the night we had light airs, 



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