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which prevails there during the S, W* 
monsoon, the season of active naval ope¬ 
rations, A ship disabled, either in action, 
or by bad weather, could not fetch Tr in co¬ 
ni alie, and could not venture to go into 
Balasore Roads: whereas she could, with 
great ease, fetch Prince op Wales Is¬ 
land, from any part of the Coast, or the 
head of the Bay, in twelve or fourteen 
days, and need not fear entering the 
Harbour in a disabled state, as there 
are neither open nor concealed dangers. 
In August, 1197, when the Manilla ex¬ 
pedition sailed from Bengal, in a heavy 
gale of wind, the Heroine Frigate struck 
on a sand, on leaving the River, and 
lost her rudder. Notwithstanding she 
was in this crippled state, she arrived 
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before the fleet, though they had a 
good passage of fourteen days. The 
passage from Prince of Wales Island, 
to the Coast or Bengal, is certain at all 
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