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learn the fate of the captain and men 
who had gone on shore. At length the 
horizon was lighted by the dawn of day* 
which was succeeded by the opening 
of a very pleasant morning. We imme¬ 
diately made all sail for the Island, but 
having a head wind, we did not arrive 
at the landing till near the middle of the 
day. A boat was sent on shore to learn 
what had befallen the crew of the whale 
boat, and shortly returned with all the 
men except the captain and one man 
that could not swim We ascertained, 
that in attempting to come off through 
the surf, they were swamped and lost 
their boat. We a second time sent the 
boat ashore with means to get the capt¬ 
ain and other man, who were soon 
brought on board. We now made sail 
and steered our course for Woahoo, one 
of the Sandwich Islands, and nothing 
very material occurring on our passage, 
we anchored in the harbour of that Isl¬ 
and on the 14th. On the 16th procured 
a supply of fresh provisions. On the 
19th, Hussey and myself went on shore 
