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nience of our {ituation was not difcovered till we were ^ y^^^ ^• 

 leaving the place, we had no opportunity of changing it ' — 3^-- — ' 

 for a more eligible one. December. 



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We flood to the South Weft with a light Eafterly breeze 

 till night, when it grew nearly calm, and next morn- Thurrdayii. 

 ing the wind hauled to the Northward and Weftward. 

 At noon the extremes of Woahoo bore from North by 

 Weft half Weft to North Eaft three quarters Eaft, fix 

 leagues diftant. The wind frefhened during the night, 

 and at eight o'clock next morning blew a ftrong gale at Friday zz. 

 North North Eaft, with dark rainy weather. Soon after- 

 wards the ifland of Atoui made its appearance, bearing 

 North Weft by Weft, feven or eight leagues diftant. To- 

 wards noon the weather grew more moderate ; and being 

 then within feven miles of Atoui, we ftood on for Wymoa 

 Bay, and at two o'clock anchored in thirty-five fathoms 

 water, over a bottom of fine black and grey fand. As I 

 knew the bank to be very fteep, and the wind blowing 

 frefh, I was afraid our anchor would ftart ofi"; to prevent 

 which we wore away to a cable and a half, and then the 

 fhip lay in forty-eight fathoms water over the fame bot- 

 tom; one cable's length aftern there was one hundred fa- 

 thoms, and a little further we found no ground with the 

 deep fea'line. Soon afterwards the Queen Charlotte let go 

 her anchor a little within the King George, but by check- 

 ing the cable too foon, fhe dragged it off the bank and 

 could not get it to catch again with a whole cable out; 

 therefore got her head off fhore, hove their anchor up, 

 and made fail; but finding they could not get up to us 

 before night came on, they ftretched well in, and anchored 

 about a mile and a half to the Weftward of the village 



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