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1780. but the laft were for the moft part very fmall. In the courfe 
of the night, we had heavy rain; and on the 14th, at day- 
Monday x 4 . light, we faw the Refolution to the Northward, ftanding to¬ 
ward the ifland, and at two in the afternoon, the dropt an¬ 
chor dole to us. In the courfe of the day, we heeled the 
fhip, and fcrubbed and hogged her bottom, which was very 
foul; and got ready for fea. 
Tuefday 15. The next day, Captain Gore not having completed his 
Rock of water at Cracatoa, fent his men on Ihore, who now 
found the brook that was firft mentioned, rendered per¬ 
fectly fweet by the rain, and flowing in great abundance. 
This being too valuable a treafure to be negleded, I gave 
orders, that all the calks we had filled before fhould be 
flarted, and replenifhed with the frefh water, which was 
Wednef. 16. accordingly done before noon the next day; and in the 
evening, we cleared the decks, and both fhips were ready 
for fea. 
Friday 18. In the forenoon of the 18th, we had heavy rains, and 
variable winds, which prevented our getting under way 
till two in the afternoon, when a light wind fprung up 
from the Northward; but this foon after leaving us, we 
were obliged to drop our anchor again, at eight o’clock 
that night, in fifty fathoms water, and wait till the fame 
Saturday 19. hour the next morning. At that time, being favoured by 
a breeze from the North Weil, we broke ground, to our 
inexpreflible fatisfaClion, for the lall time in the Strait of 
Sunda, and the next day, had entirely loft fight of Prince’s 
Ifland. 
This ifland having been already defcribed by Captain 
Cook, in the hiftory of a former voyage, I fhall only add, 
that we were exceedingly ftruck with the great general re- 
femblance of the natives, both in figure, colour, manners, 
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