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POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
When o^er the fearful depth we hung, 
High on the broken wave, 
We knew He w'as not slow to hear, 
Nor impotent to save.^' 
In such a season^ confidence in Him who holdeth the 
wind in his fists_, and the waters in the hollow of his hand^ 
can alone impart serenity and support. 
As the morning advanced^ the storm abated; and at 
sunrise we found ourselves at a considerable distance 
from the shore. Contrary winds kept us out at sea for 
nearly a fortnight^ which was by far the most irksome 
part of our voyage. At length we again approached the 
coast^ and were delighted, as we sailed along it on the 
morning of the eleventh day, to behold a pilot-boat steer¬ 
ing towards us. Our vessel had been several times seen 
from the shore, since the day of our first disappointment; 
and as soon as we had appeared in sight this morning, 
the governor of New South Wales, then residing at Syd¬ 
ney, had despatched the pilot, with orders to go out even 
sixty miles, rather than return without bringing the 
vessel in. He boarded us about twenty miles from Port 
Jackson, and conducted us safely within the heads, in the 
evening of the same day. Early the next morning, we 
proceeded to Sydney Cove, where we cast anchor on the 
22d of July, after a passage, including our stay in Rio 
Janeiro, of only a few days more than six months. 
Five months elapsed before we could meet with a con¬ 
veyance to the Society Islands. This detention, how¬ 
ever, favoured me with an opportunity of visiting the 
chief settlements of New South Wales, and beholding 
several of the rare and interesting animals and vege-^ 
table productions of that important colony. I was 
happy also to become acquainted with Mr. Leigh, the 
