4 AVOYAGETO 
^ ni^ ^' ^^"^y definite plan of efcape ; the means of ab- 
fconding muft have been accidentally offered, and fud- 
^"'1787^^' dcnly embraced ; and for making fuch an attempt, 
the vague hope of liberty, without any certain profpe^l, 
would naturally afford fufficient temptation. 
By the loth of June the fhips had completed their 
water, and early the next morning, the Governor gave 
the fignal for weighing anchor, and the fleet purfaed 
its courie. : - • , , 
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