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1779. a great depth, and ftretches toward the foot of a very con- 
r^r uary^ fpj cuous high mountain, fituated on the North Weft end of 
the illand; but that inftead of meeting with fafe anchorage, 
as Britannee had taught him to expert, he found the fhores 
low and rocky, and a flat bed of coral rocks running along 
-the coaft, and extending upward of a mile from the land; 
on the outftde of which the depth of water was twenty 
fathoms, over a fandy bottom; and that, in the mean time, 
Britannee had contrived to flip away, being afraid of re¬ 
turning, as w r e imagined, becaufe his information had not 
proved true. 
In the evening, the weather being more moderate, we 
again made fail; but about midnight it blew fo violently, as 
to fplit both the fore and main topfails. On the morning of 
Sunday 7. the 7th, we bent frefh fails, and had fair weather, and a 
light breeze. At noon, the latitude, by obfervation, was 
20 0 i 7 North, the Weft point of the Aland bearing South, 
7 0 Eaft, and the North Weft point North, 38° Eaft. As we 
were, at this time, four or five leagues from the fliore, and 
the weather very unfettled, none of the canoes would ven¬ 
ture out, fo that our guefts were obliged to remain with us, 
much indeed to their diffatisfaftion; for they were all fea- 
llck, and many of them had left young children behind 
them. 
In the afternoon, though the weather was ftill fqually, 
we flood in for the land, and being about three leagues 
from it, we faw a canoe, with two men paddling toward us, 
which we immediately conjectured had been driven off the 
fhore by the late boifterous weather; and therefore flopped 
the fliip’s way, in order to take them in. Thefe poor 
wretches were fo entirely exhausted with fatigue, that had 
not one of the natives on board, obferving their weaknefs, 
jumped 
