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opening, a little to the eastward. They lost all 
the wreck of their masts, sails, and rigging, and 
some of their boats; but the hull of the ship being 
uninjured, the crew now commenced, with the 
help of materials from the Fame, to refit with 
jury-masts. 
On the 25th, being Sunday, we made fast, 
along with the Fame, for the purpose of honour¬ 
ing the Sabbath day. Our recent extraordinary 
deliverance from threatened shipwreck, called for 
our united thanksgivings to Almighty God; and 
as the circumstances were most strikingly provi¬ 
dential, they produced an impression on the minds 
of the sailors, of a very devotional and solemn de¬ 
scription. The weather was fine and calm, with 
bright sunshine; so that we experienced no inter¬ 
ruption to our religious services. 
August 2 6t/i .—As we had drifted considerably 
to the southward, in the late gale, I obtained a 
new and important station, for the conclusion of 
my survey; and as the weather fortunately conti¬ 
nued calm and clear, I obtained the requisite ob¬ 
servations with all desirable accuracy. Our ob¬ 
served latitude was 71° 24' 40"; longitude by 
chronometer 20° 56'; being a position interme¬ 
diate between my last station and the most north¬ 
erly of my former stations on the Liverpool Coast. 
This enabled me to connect the surveys of the 
