anchor,'with a 7 inch hawfer. All thefearticles were
of great U!i to us,^hJrticli]arl'j^$he:arichor.^
They/found thej larboard fide; of/the; lhip entirely
im'mërféd 'in the fea, up .tq the hatchwàys^and the fèa
making â|air/break oyer^hèri. ^Thç ^declcs w^e partly
blown up, a n d l ^ d l k r h e ^ a fore.afli^^t entirely
wafhed away. Eyory move,able. >aHic]e,^v^s__ gope >
nor was. there,any, figiis. o f^ 9«ks,'vpau^ic'al.,or mathe-
çiaticfd f i l f
great mortification aud difappointineut...
The officers1 ând piébple:^dfeJÎ^u à ily utifôrtûnale-;
ïnditig' thëit ^opfefty'ltfther aëftrdyed; ■'pf’béJS^the
decks’Wrheré^théÿ C&ul’d tfrè^ckbln
theÿ-% und[fëvëraHlatad1'éfMihii^fc
m ° ë i i f p r e f j n t t d ' ü è‘1
•^uéhce/lü
As thb Maftér found itWpbfflblfôfO ptoburë dny
•thing mote from tke1 wreck that Coild' be of ieàl tM,
and our quantity* of wâfëfr behfg’Véÿÿ fr/r fitfr
numbers, it became a principal confideration to pro-
ctrre' fotne from the Hands ; as alfô^ m' the^et erftf pf
not getting any provifioôs from thefritpi dut 'éxménefe
depended upon adding to our ftofck ih“thé fame mafrn
e r: and.Weknswr-Typwfei1 ti> be inhabited, and CHAP,
moft’ probably equalynprodu&aveMth the other
Hands.:, • : ‘ I P
After ’clearing the boats we therefore made fail to
théffóuth-weftward,Ïwith them,, in company; and at
5 p. M. wefbore tfp^o- the fiouthward, ranging a final
ifland, w h ic h » -bears E. MvE. from HummOck ïftancf,
about jniles the weftern point of it. > There is a
paflhgè between 'it'- and Typinfan,» b u t it did not appear
weny’'cleat of dangers:ft At dark;we brought to
for the night, ¥having OO'&thpms within one-mile of
ttiê fhóre. 1 This ifland wa»; o£! fnaderhte ‘deration*,
and’ vefrf little ekteht.
At day-light we wereI diftant. thrde: ot'four leagues
fröm Typinfan i and wéfrëerèd N. E. to paÜ between
it and the other ifland, in hopes *>f finding-anchorage,
AM we approached'the ihore we had gWaT drerfalls,
varying from 15 tb I t f j w j and in :many parts the
flioals were nearly dry4. By frequbnt tacking and
wearing we at kfl cleared them, and'fcame tb an
anchor in ‘18 fathöms, eÜöfë in with ih® S. E part ‘Of
the final ifland, where there appeared foifie profpéët
of p iS H R l wood,'-Wt«-; &c. È ednoe immediacy
came off'tohsi' and to them we’exprelfed our wants,
B D which