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acrofs the bay. But he firft defired two 

 or three of us to accompany him to our 

 place of obfervation, the top of Mount 

 Mifery ; when looking through his per- 

 fpeftive, he obferved to us that the fea 

 ran very high without. However, this 

 had no weight with the people, who 

 were defirous, at all events, to be gone. 

 I fliould here obferve, that captain 

 Cheap s plan was, if pollible, to get to 

 the ifland of Chiloe ; and if w^e found 

 any veffel there, to board her imme- 

 diately, and cut her out. This he might 

 certainly have done with eafe, had it 

 been his good fortune to get round with 

 the boats. We now launched both boats, 

 and got every thing on board of them as 

 quick as poffible. Captain Cheap, the 

 furgeon, and myfelf, were in the barge 

 with nine men ; and lieutenant Hamil- 

 ton and Mr. Campbell in the yawl with 

 fix. I fleered the barge, and Mr. Camp- 

 bell the yawl y but we had not been two 



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