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*%;.q3erid&alt.t 21* 56'l8'\'t$¥ Iiong.'i'No. *1. SOCP 12’
48" E.
* J^eiijïaired' the S. E. point*, o f OnehoV* in
fathbms;>"obferved in the latitude^Of 21’ 45' 50" NI '
when the S. E. point borg N. 7-7° 30' É. two’ ' ör1 thrbe*
miles, the extremes to .the N.->fO° W . ' W#£ ftefejrëd’
along ftiore,; and a t length catne/to in -¥âm:Bay'à t:
2 P, M. in 29. fathoms,; cödrlê^fanhy-botf óm 1 * Sbinei
canoes .came off thfc : next -- day:- bartering '- yaths,
potatoes, writer-inblbns, and tptinipkms ? tfs&fnfJjjgM
alfo in the. evening arrived ' laden with- : roots: ffhe’.
weather from the South bccafiöned- ahgtfèàtt-fwell ih
the Bay, and prevented us from receiving the fupplies
we had been promifed. However | the «fcbâvVent
on Ihore, with the European who had abëoiripanied us
from Atooi for the purpofe bf colle&iigiyanfef But
nothing being ready, we got under way ririd-ftood
out to fba. The wind / increafed, arid we had rain
with ftrongY.fqùaïls that fplit the main-toplaii. • After
hoifting in the boats and feeuring the anchör,1we ffööd
in fhorè and bent another main-topfail/ ThbEufo-
pban returned on board, laying* ;efbfy- thingp%bs
ready ; but the furf was fo great that canoes ’ could
not reach us without riique. I therèfore gave up
the
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o f d d in e w h ile 1 th@Wihdx.cori tin a d d ,J’ w h ib h \ f e em e d ^ l1—
lik e ly ' tb 'bV f rB e c a fe , ‘T l ^ E h f b p b r i n h ow le f t u s in February;
his- c a rib e w ith% bm < ^ h o e om p e n f e 'f o r h is ’ a tte n tio n s :
th is m a n ' h a d b e e n trq p f p q f tf f ] i d ' B o t a n y B a y ,' a n d
c am e “. from " fhepibe p | a n , A m e r ib a r i|' b r ig c alled - th e
.M e r c u r y ^ h e defrerted frp in l i e f a t JLnis lfla n d , a n d 1 is
m a c h \C Q u rte4 ^ b y T^aya^Wv|i9% c a u f e ^ h a s f p r e f e r r e d .
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The lat. at ,anche»iii, hayr^'s* a>fefb'38" N. mean of a fext$
nts. ^
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tO £W ^ k e r’s ssb o ^ p .a ftiiC p i^ d B b l i i t a n d f tg a jd y ,, q n i i f e f
count pf the Ihips motion.