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along-fide left us and paddled for the fhore. The ex- ^ ^^^ ^' 

 tremes of Mowee in fight, bore North by Weft half Weft, « — -v — -j, 

 and Weft by North, diftant four or five leagues. November. 



Sonday 19. 



At two o'clock we had a frefh gale from the South 

 Weft, on which I returned on board my own (hip. The 

 gale increasing, we clofe-reefed the top fails, and got down 

 the topgallant yards. Being then within two leagues of 

 Mowee, with the appearance of very bad weather, we 

 edged off to the North Eaft, in order to get a good offing 

 before night came on. A little before dark we faw a 

 canoe to the South Weft making after us, with a fmall 

 mat up for a fail, and alfo paddling very hard : on this 

 we brought to and picked her up. There were four men 

 in the canoe, befides a quantity of proviftons; fuch as po- 

 tatoes, plantains, &c. It feems they belonged to the 

 ifland of Mowee ; and on our ftanding in for the Eaft 

 part of it, had put off with their little cargo, hoping to 

 bring it to a good market ; but after we bore away from 

 the ifland, they found the weather fo bad, with a ftrong 

 wind directly againft them, that the'y could not reach the 

 fhore ; therefore bore up after us, fet their little fail, and 

 ufed every effort in their power to get up with the fhip. 

 I was greatly pleafed that we were fortunate enough to get 

 fight of them ; for they muft certainly have very foon 

 perifhed, their canoe when they came along-fide being 

 almoft full of water, and themfelves fo much fpent with 

 fatigue, that we were obliged to help them up the fhip's 

 fide. We got all their things fafe into the fhip, hauled 

 the canoe in upon deck, and made ufe of every method in 

 our power to recover them, which had the wi£hed-for 



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