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gular foundings, varying, every call, ten or twelve fathoms. 
This obliged me to give up the delign, and to go to the 
Southward of all; which carried us to leeward, and made 
it neceffary to fpend the night under fail. It was very 
dark; and we had the wind, from every diredtion, accom¬ 
panied with heavy fhowers of rain. So that, at day-light 
the next morning, we found ourfelves much farther off 
than we had been the evening before ; and the little wind 
that now blew, was right in our teeth. 
We continued to ply, all day, to very little purpofe ; and, 
in the evening, anchored in thirty-nine fathoms water; 
the bottom coral rocks, and broken fhells ; the Weft point 
of Annamooka bearing Eaft North Eaft, four miles diftant. 
Tooboulangee and Taipa kept their promife, and brought 
off to me fome hogs. Several others were alfo procured by 
bartering, from different canoes that followed us ; and as 
much fruit as-we could well manage. It was remarkable, 
that, during the whole day, our viftters from the iflands 
would hardly part with any of their commodities to any 
body but me. Captain Clerke did not get above one or 
two hogs. 
At four o’clock next morning, I ordered a boat to be 
hoifted out, and fent the Mafter to found the South Weft 
lide of Annamooka; where there appeared to be a har¬ 
bour, formed by the iiland on the North Eaft, and by fmall 
iflots, and Ihoals, to the South Weft and South Eaft. In 
the mean time, the ftiips were got under fail, and wrought 
up to the iiland. 
When the Matter returned, he reported, that he had 
founded between Great and Little Annamooka, where he 
found ten and twelve fathoms depth of water, the bottom 
coral land ; that the place was very well fheltered from all 
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1777. 
April. 
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Wednef. 30, 
May. 
Thurfday j. 
