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A VOYAGE TO 
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1776. to the Foreland, will be i° 21' Eaft. Lunar obfervations 
ma< ^ e the preceding evening, fixed it at i° 20' Eaft. At 
eight o’clock the fame morning, we anchored in the Downs. 
Two boats had been built for us at Deal, and I immediately 
fent on fliore for them. I was told that many people had 
afiembled there to fee Omai; but, to their great difappoint- 
ment, he did not land. 
Having received the boats on board, and a fight breeze at 
South South Eaft fpringing up, we got under fail the next 
Thurfday 27. fiay at two o’clock in the afternoon. But the breeze foon 
died away, and we were obliged to anchor again till ten 
o’clock at night. We then weighed, with the wind at Eaft, 
and proceeded down the Channel. 
Sunday 30. On the 30th, at three o’clock in the afternoon, we an¬ 
chored in Plymouth Sound, where the Difcovery had arrived 
only three days before. I faluted Admiral Amherft, whofe 
flag was flying on board the Ocean, with thirteen guns, and 
he returned the compliment with eleven. 
It was the firft objedt of our care, on arriving at Ply¬ 
mouth, to replace the water and provifions that we had 
j u i yi expended, and to receive on board a fupply of Port Wine. 
Monday 1. This was the employment which occupied us on the ift and 
Tuefdayz. 2d of July. 
During our ftay here, the crews were ferved with frefh 
beef every day. And I fiiould not do juftice to Mr. Omman- 
ney, the Agent Vidtualler, if I did not take this opportunity 
to mention, that he fliewed a very obliging readinefs to fur- 
nifli me with the beft of every thing that lay within his de¬ 
partment. I had been under the like obligations to him 
on my letting out upon my laft voyage. Commiffioner 
Ourry, with equal zeal for the fervice, gave us every aft 
fiftance that we wanted from the naval yard. 
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