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long-boat, cutter, and barge i fifty-nine 

 on board the firft, twelve in the fecond, 

 in the laft, ten. It was our purpofe to 

 put into fonie harbour, if poflible, every 

 evening, as we were in no condition to 

 keep thofe terrible feas long ; for with- c 

 out other affiftance, our ftock of provi- 

 vifions was no more than might have 

 been confumed in a few days $ our wa- 

 ter was chiefly contained in a few pow^ 

 der-barrels ; our flour v^as to be length- 

 ened out by a mixture of fea-weed ; and 

 our other fupplies depended upon the 

 fuccefs of our guns, and indufl:ry among 

 the rocks. Captain Pemberton having 

 brought on board his men, we weighed 9 

 but by a fudden fquall of wind having 

 fplit our forefail, we with difficulty 

 cleared the rocks, by means of our boats, 

 bore away for a fandy bay, on the fouth 

 fide of the Lagoon, and anchored in ten 

 fathom. The next morning we got under 

 way 5 but it blowing hard at W. by R 



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