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working at the pumps, the ship would be 
kept afloat until we reached the shore. 
The ship for some time being unmanage- 
able, frequently standing with her head 
from the land, which all our efforts could 
not prevent, I got a rudder made out of 
the topmast, and fixed in the place of the 
one we had lost ; but it was found of little 
use without the help of the long boat, 
which I ordered therefore to be hauled 
athwart her stern ; and this served, although 
with the greatest difficulty, to get her head 
towards the shore, the wind being variable 
from the eastward. A cable could have 
been got out, that might have answered 
tolerably well to steer the ship ; but the 
people could not be spared from the pumps 
to attend rousing in on the tackles, or guise, 
as occasion might require. 
On the evening, however, of the 15th, 
we discovered land at about six leagues 
distance. All on board at this moment 
expressed their joy in shouts and acclama- 
tions. The ship still kept nearing the shore 
with five feet water in her hold. 
On the l6th in the morning, being then 
about two miles from the land, and the 
