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after breakfafl:, we were again fo 'mcommoded 
on the way, that we did not reach the bay till 
the clofe of the evening : a circumftance that 
put us extremf ly out of humour, and was not 
calculated to diminifh the prejudice which we 
had before naturally entertained againft the 
mutineers. 
The fhades of night feemed to blacken on 
purpofe, as if to conceal from us the vefTel ; and 
it was with the utmoft difficulty, and by dint, 
as it were, of groping, that we found our way 
acrofs the downs. I twice difcharged my 
fufee to announce our arrival, and to fignify 
our wifh that a boat might be fent us. Ufelefs 
precaution ! They pretended not to hear us. In 
danger of paffing the night in the watch-box 
upon the ftrand, we curfed the fliip, the crew, 
and the bay. The captain, it feems, fearing 
that we were fuch of the mutineers as had gone 
on fliore In the courfe of the day, and who 
were to return, in the evening, furnifhed with 
arms, was cautious of receiving us. At length, 
by repeatedly firing, and by our cries and vo- 
ciferations, we infpired fome confidence, and 
a boat was hoifted out to fetch us on board. 
To form an accurate image of the diforder 
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