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in cWef and the admiral, are retiirnei to S"L 

 Helen's.5 after cootmiiiog feven tedious ¥7eeks at 

 fea, beating agaiad contrary winds and de- 

 ilruSive ftortns^ an d/t hat many of the fhips, 

 which had feparated^, had previoufly put back 

 to Corkj Kinfale, Plymouthy and various other 

 ports. This is very diftreffing and vexatious 

 oews, fo-r it robs us of the pleafing hope with 

 which we had daily looked out for our com- 

 rades, and tells us that all ftiH remains - - - - to 

 be done again 1 Twice has this great expedi- 

 tlofi put to fea, and during many months has 

 it been, daily, expeded to arrive : yet after a 

 long and vivid fofpenfe do we now learn 

 that it is ftill in an Engliih harbour, only pre- 

 paring to fail ! 



A voyage to the Eafl: Indies or to China 

 might be performed in lefs time than feemsto 

 be required for this unhappy expedition to 

 reach its deftination. It was expeded to fail 

 fo long fince as the month of September, and 

 adually did put to fea in November, and again 

 on the 9th of December ; and its arrival has 

 been anxioufly looked for, by the people of 

 the iflandsj more than half a yearj 



