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was light ; the ship was therefore perfectly manageable, and wore 
round as she was towed. She with great difficulty cleared another 
. rock ; but by four, I had the satisfaction to be hailed, and told that 
she was safe in a quarter less two fathom, being more than she now 
drew. By night she was warped further out, and safely anchored in 
two and a half fathom. I returned at seven to the Panther. Mr. 
Maxfield had our boats to bring him close to us. Our crew, the 
Captain assured me, had acted wonderfully well, much better than 
he could have expected; but of Unus Barilla he spoke in the 
highest terms of praise. He had rendered every personal service, 
with a cordiality and friendship that surprised him. He had, with- 
out scruple, received the loaded cannon on board his dow, and 
had come to cook his provisions in ours. He had headed the work- 
men, had cheered them with singing, and had put up a prayer of 
thanksgiving when we were in safety. He, in consequence, obtained 
handsome presents from me. Captain Court, and Captain Rudland. 
To him in a great measure the safety of the vessel was owing, al- 
though probably she might have been saved by sending the guns 
to the island. This, however, would have been a work of time as 
well as difficulty, for the water round the island was shallow. 
January 3 1 . — Very early in the morning we began our warping, 
and brought the vessel free of all danger. We then sent off Mr. 
Maxfield to examine a passage, which all the pilots declared to be 
the true one, but which Mr. Maxfield's pilot had quitted for the 
cul-de-sac, where we had so nearly been lost. Mr. Salt visited the 
island near which we grounded : he procured a species of Oro- 
banche, with a very large yellow bloom, a Stapelia, a Commelina, 
and a syngenesious plant that eat well as a salad. Several grasses 
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