6 
AN ACCOUNT OF 
1783. 
jULV* 
Sunday 27, 
Monday 28. 
even. The fecond was likewife long, of a pretty equal 
height, except in two or three places, where it feemed 
to rife into hills : near the middle of it Was one very 
remarkable, from its being in fhape like a China or 
Tartar woman’s hat. The third iflaild fhewed like two 
rugged-topped mountains, joined together by low land. 
The fourth was a high, large, double-peaked rock, appear¬ 
ing to have little foil or wood upon it. The fifth was very 
high and uneven, devoid of wood, except a few green 
bufhes towards its fummit. There were no ligns of in¬ 
habitants upon any of thefe iflands, and the weather 
being fqually, our people foon loft fight of them ; at noon 
they were in latitude 21 0 14/ north, by obfervation, when, 
having run about fifteen leagues to the eaftward of the 
iflands, they hauled up more to the fouthward, in hopes to 
get into fmoother water, and better weather than they had 
hitherto met with fince leaving Macoa. Soon after noon, 
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the man at the maft-head difcovered the foretop-maft to be 
fprung ; they immediately took in the fails, and got down 
the topgallant-maft, and prepared to get down the top-maft, 
but were obliged to defift on account of the weather, until 
the morning, when it proving fair, with tolerable fmooth 
water, all hands went bufily to work to get up a new fore¬ 
top-maft, and to dry and air the fhip, as alfo to fecure what 
cattle and ftock remained, much having perifhed in the 
rains and bad weather. The next morning alfo being fine 
and 
