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CHAPTER IL 
Ship- rm on Jh^re on the Coqfl of Caffrarid. — Dreadful 
Jltuatkn of the cre^w* — Their manner of Uindi?jg defcrihed. 
— Their reception by the natives. Some curious and in- 
terejiing particulars refpeding Captain Coxfcn^ conmian- 
ier of the Grofvenor^ hJi on the fame ceaji, in 1782, and 
of feverd of his peopk, particuhriy a Lady^ n}jho is mvj 
living nuith a Caffree Chief 
WE were now on the coaft of Caffrarm^ 
within a few leagues v/here the 
river Infanta difembogues itfelf into the fea. 
A dreadful crifis approached, arid wc 
agreed to meet it with becoming fortitude* 
I therefore gave diredions to let the head 
fkil, to heave the fpring well taut, in or* 
der to get her head towards the fliore, and 
then to cut the cable and the fpring. My 
orders were obeyed with the greateft promp- 
titude. 
After running until within fomething lefs 
than half a mile of thje ftiore, Jhe Jlruck on a 
clufter of rocks* The fwell at this moment 
was tremendous ; and from the ftiip's 
thumping fo violently it was fcarcely poffible 
fQr the men to hold on. In this fituation 
file remained for about three or four mi« 
mutes, when a fea took her over the rocks^ 
and carried her about a cablets length nearer 
the fliore where flie again ftruck, and kept 
heaving in with a dreadful furf^ ^vliich 
every moment made a break over lier. 
