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the north fo exceeding fteep, that in or- 

 der to afcend it (for there was no going 

 round, the bottom being wafhed by the 

 fea) we were at the labour of cutting 

 Heps. This, which w^e called Mount 

 Mifery, was of ufe to us in taking foine 

 obfervations afterwards, when the wea- 

 ther would permit : the fouthern pro* 

 montory was not fo inacceffible. Be- 

 yond this I, with fom.e others, having 

 reached another bay, found driven afliore 

 fome parts of the wreck, but no kind of 

 provifion : nor did we meet with any 

 Ihell-fifli, which we were chiefly in 

 fearch of. We therefore returned to the 

 reft, and for that day made no other re- 

 paft than what the wild fellery afforded 

 lis. The enfuing night proved exceed- 

 ingly tempeftuous ; and, the fea running 

 very high, threatened thofe on board 

 with immediate deftruftion by the part- 

 ing of the wreck. They then were 

 as follicitous to get aftiore, as they 



were 



