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Thurfday 19.
only gained 3 leagues, where another fmall bay, or cove, was feen on
the fouthern Ihore, with low land extending fome diftance from the
mountains. Here I was in hopes of finding a commodious refting pla.ce;
but was obliged to Hand very near to the Ihore before foundings could
be gained; at length, with 40 fathoms of line, the bottom was reached,
and on wearing, which the Ihip did very brifkly, in order to anchor
in a lefs depth of water, our next call was 10 fathoms, when the
anchor was inftantly let g o : yet,T before we had veered a third of the
cable, the Ihip grounded abaft; but, on heaving in a few fathoms of
the cable, Ihe very eafily fwung off the bank. The Chatham grounded
alfo, and was likewife got off with little difficulty.'
At this ftation, it was again low water about four on wednefday
morning, or nearly fo, as the inner part of the bank on which we had
grounded, and at that time was covered with water, was dry at no
great diftance from us. We again proceeded, with the current in our
favor, to the weftward; and on pafling two fmall villages of the natives,
a few of the inhabitants, from each, paid us their refpecls. A t this
time we were nearly abreaft of the fecond opening, paffed by unexamined
by Mr. Johnftone. It appeared infinitely more capacious than the
other, which, agreeably to my former intentions, Mr. Broughton was
dire&ed to purfue, appointing the fame rendezvous with him, that had
been fixed for the boats.
We remained under fail the whole day, but made fo little way, that,
by nine at night, we had advanced about g leagues only. Then, in a
fmall bay, clofe to the rocks on the fouthern Ihore, we again anchored,
in 45 fathoms water, fandy bottom.
• Light variable winds prevented our failing until eight the next morning,
when, with a gentle breeze from the eaftward, we weighed; and,
what was not a little extraordinary, without heaving the leaft ftrain on
the cable, on filhing the anchor, its lower arm was difeovered to be
broken off clofe to the crown, and to have been left at the bottom. On
further examination, it proved to have been juft welded round the fur-
face, fo as barely to hold the parts together, within which the bars,
compofing the internal mafs, preferved their original unaltered lhape,
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