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noon, to drop anchor in fixty-five fathoms, over a muddy 1780. 
bottom, at three leagues dillance from it; the high hill 
bearing South Weft by South, and the peak on Cracatoa 
North by Eaft. We had light airs and calms till fix next 
morning, when we weighed and made fail, having, in our Saturday 12. 
endeavours to heave the anchor out of the ground, twice 
broken the old meftenger, and afterward a new one, cut 
out of our belt hawfer. This, however, was entirely owing 
to the wretched ftate of our cordage, as the ftrain was not 
very conliderable, and we had belides aftifted the cable in 
coming in, by clapping the cat-tackle on it. The wind con¬ 
tinuing fair, at noon we came to an anchor off the South 
Eaft end of Prince’s I ft and, in twenty-lix fathoms, over a 
fandy bottom; the Eaft end of the illand bearing North 
North Eaft, the Southernmoft point in fight South Weft by 
South, the high peak North Weft half Weft, diftant from 
the neareft fliore half a mile. 
As foon as we had come to anchor, Lieutenant Lannyon, 
who had been here before with Captain Cook, in the year 
1770, was fent along with the Matter, to look for the water- 
ing-place. The brook from which, according to the beft of 
his recollection, the Endeavour had been fupplied, was 
found quite fait. Further inland, they faw a dry bed, 
where the water feemed to have lodged in rainy feafons; 
and, about a cable’s length below, another run, fupplied 
from an extenfive pool, the bottom of which, as well as the 
furface, was covered with dead leaves. This, though a 
little brackilh, being much preferable to the other, we be¬ 
gan watering here early the next morning, and finifiied the Sunday i 3 . 
fame day. 
The natives, who came to us foon after we anchored, 
brought a plentiful fupply of large fowls, and fome turtles ; 
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