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ufe without the help of the long-boat^ which 
I ordered therefore to be hauled athv/art the. 
ftern, and this ferved, although with the 
greateft difficulty, to get her head towards 
the fliore, the wind being variable from the 
eaftward. A cable could have been g'ot an^ 
that might have anfwered tolerably well to 
fteer the Oiip ; bat the people could not ]>e 
thared from the pumps to zttend rGuftnr{ in 
on the tackles, or iruife, as occalion rnioiit 
require. 
On the evening, however, of the 1 5th 
we difcovered lancL at about fix leao-ucs dii'- 
tance. Ail on board at this moment expreii- 
ed their uiy in fliouts and acclamations. 
The fhip Itill kept nearing the ihore with 
live feet water in her hold. % 
On the 1 6th. in the morninir^ beinr^- then 
about two miles from the land, and the 
wind from the Vv efhvard^ I ordered the an- 
chor to be let gOj that a lalt effort might be 
made to ftop the leaks, and, if poffible, 
fave the fliip. 
But her ftern vras fhattered in fuch a 
manner, that, afcej* holding another con- 
fultation v/ith mj officers, it v/as finally re- 
folved to run the fiiip on the coaft then op- 
pofite to us. Another gale threatened us, 
and no time was to be loft. 
I immediately ordered my fecond mate, 
who was in the boat, to come on board, 
and I then delivered into his cuftqdy the 
ihip':? regiiler, and all the papers o? conic- 
