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and trees : here we founded in 30 fathoms, the bottom, being a 

 black land. At the fame time we failed along the coafr, and 

 endeavoured to find out a port, being at the diftance only of a 

 mile, and approaching to a high cape, which feemed to promife 

 fhelter, though we were obliged to proceed cautioufly, as many 

 fmall iflands concealed from us fome rocks, which fcarcely ap- 

 peared above the furface of the fea. ^ 



As we now perceived a land-locked harbour to the S. W. w6 

 determined to enter it, making at the fame time a fignal to 

 the frigate to lend us an anchor, which however they were not 

 able to do, from their diftance, as well as that the wind blew 

 frem. For thefe reafons the fchooner entered the port alone, 

 founding all the way, with the greateft care, and the frigate fol- 

 lowed in our wake. 



Whilft we were thus entering the port, we obferved two canoes 

 from the N. which came clofe to the frigate, and exchanged 

 their Ikins for bugles, and other trifles, with our feamen, whilft 

 in the mean time the fchooner caft anchor oppofite to a little 

 village k , which was fituated at the bottom of a mountain : the 

 inhabitants however did not fend out any canoes to us. 



After this we founded the interior parts of the port, and 

 we found fufficient depth of water to anchor at a bow's fhot from 

 the land, we faw likewife the frigate at the bottom of the port, 

 and faftened our cables to fome rocks which nature feemed to 

 have fixed there for this purpofe. We took however the pre- 

 caution to let fall two anchors on the oppofite fide ; (viz. to the 

 S. and S. W.) on which the frigate followed our example. 



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