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^\ itk as much alacrity and perfeverancej as 
if they had encountered^ before, neither ap- 
|)rehcnfion nor fatigue. To their unceafing 
labours, 1 owe in a great nieafure the pre-^- 
fervation of my people. 
The fliift of v/ind which threw the fhip 
into the trough of the fca, and tore away 
ihe rudder, was fortunately but a {quail of 
fhort duration, not continuing above a quar- 
ter of an hour. Had it lafted but a little 
longer, tlie Clip rnuft have been torn to 
pieces. The wind came round to its form- 
xi ouarter, and moderated gradually. 
After the long boat had been delivered 
to the care of my fecond m.ate, and the raft 
completed, I held a cdnftiltation v/ith raj 
officers, and they v/ere all decidedly of o- 
jnnion, that it Vv^as impoiiible to fave the 
Ihip, and that we had no other chance to 
preferve our Jives, than to make the land 
and run her on fhore. 
The people, w^hen inform.ed of the ifiue 
of this confullation, appeared to work with 
renovated fpirits. We kept up this difpo- 
fition by affurino: them we fiiould foon be 
within fight of land, and that by conftantly 
working at the pumps, the fiiip would be 
kept afloat, until we reached the fhore. 
The Clip for foxne time being unmanage- 
able, frequently landing with her head 
from the land, which ali our efforts could 
not prevent, I got a rudder made out of 
the top-maft, and fixed in the place of the 
one vvc had loft ; but it was found of little 
