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 danger, the barge flood off, and went into 

 another bay to the northward of it, 

 where it was fmoother lying ; but there 

 was no poffibihty of getting on fliore- 

 In the night the yawl joined us again. 

 The next day was fo bad, that we de- 

 fpaired reaching the head-land, fo rowed 

 down the bay in hopes of getting fome 

 feal, as that animal had been feen the 

 day before, but met with no fuccefs ; fo 

 returned to the fame bay we had been in 

 the night before, where the furf having 

 abated fomewhat, we went afhore, and 

 picked up a few fliell-jfifli. In the 

 morning, we got on board early, and ran 

 along fliore to the weftward, for about 

 three leagues, in order to get round a 

 cape, which was the wefternmoft land 

 we could fee. It blew very hard, and 

 there ran fuch a fea, that we heartily 

 wiflied ourfelves back again, and ac- 

 cordingly made the beft of our way for 



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