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A VOYAGE TO 
1780. 
February. 
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Thurfday 10, 
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boat was at this time driving to the Southward fo fail, that 
it was not before we had veered away two cables, and al- 
moft all our running rigging, that die could fetch the 
buoy. 
I was now under the necedity of waiting till the drength 
of the tide fhould abate, which did not happen till the next 
morning, when Mr. Williamfon got on board the drip, and 
learnt, that die had been feven months from Europe, and 
three from the Cape of Good Hope; that before die failed, 
France and Spain had declared war againft Great Britain ; 
and that die left Sir Edward Hughes, with a fquadron of 
men of war, and a deet of Ealf-India fhips, at the Cape. 
Mr. Williamfon having, at the fame time, been informed, 
that the water at Cracatoa was very good, and always pre¬ 
ferred, by the Dutch diips, to that of Prince’s Idand, I re- 
folved to rejoin the Refolution at the former place ; and a 
fair breeze fpringing up, w r e weighed and dood over to¬ 
ward the idand, where we foon after faw her at anchor; 
but the wind falling, and the tide fetting drong againd us, 
I was obliged to drop anchor, at the didance of about dve 
miles from the Refolution, and immediately fent a boat on 
board, to acquaint Captain Gore with the intelligence we 
had received. 
As foon as the Refolution faw us preparing to come to, 
die dred her guns, and hoided an Englidi jack at the endgn 
daff, the dgnal at fea to lead ahead. This we afterward 
underdood w T as intended to prevent our anchoring, on ac¬ 
count of the foul ground, w'hich the maps die had on board 
placed here. However, as we found none, having a muddy 
bottom, and good holding ground, in dxty fathoms wa¬ 
ter, we kept fad till the return of the boat, which brought 
orders to proceed the next morning to Prince’s Idand. 
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