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HAP. 
XX. 
May 5, 
1788. 
May 7. 
May 9. 
May 1 4. 
Lieutenant Watts s Narrathe of the Return of the Lady Feiirhyn 
H E Lady Penrhyn, Capt. Sever, left Port Jackfoii 
^ on the 5th of May, 1788. In the evening of the 
7th, imagining they faw a fir€ on fliore, they founded, 
but found no bottom with ninety fathoms of line. By 
their obfervation at noon, on the 9th, they found a cur- 
rent had fet the vefTel eighty rniles to the foathward lince 
their leaving Port Jackfon* The fcurvy began already to 
make its appearance amongft them ; one man was ren- 
dered unfit for duty, and feveral others complained very 
much. The weather in general was fqually, with thun- 
der, lightning, and rain. In the morning of the 1 4th 
they faw an illand bearing north- eaft, half north, 1 8 or 
no leagues diftant, which made in two detached hum- 
mocks : At feven in the afternoon, the ifland feen in the 
T ^anfport ; containing an Account of the Death of Qmai^ and other 
interejiing Particulars at Otaheite, 
morning 
