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which aye for the most part a barren assemblage o f rocky eminences,
Wording shelter only to pirates and thieves'. On the 12th and 1.3thy-we
experienced much inconvenience, the wind, which was directly against us,
blowing with such violence that the ship laboured greatly , andourfbrertop-
saiiwas tom from the yard. On the 14th, the weather moderated,'and the
wind veering a little to the eastward, we had the good fortune on the 16th
to discover a pilot schooner at anchor, between the eastern and western reefs
near the mouth of the Ganges: neap tides prevailing, our passage up the
river was tedious, and the wind coming invariably from the northern
quarter, rendered it hazardous to proceed by night. On the-22,4» we
reached Budge Budge, where I found a pulwar* waiting, which my friend,
Captain Sandys, a s soon as he heard of the arrival oh,the Sea" Horse, had
/Kcpafrhpfl to meet me; at this place I quitted the ship, and- in two hours
reached Calcutta, after an eventful absence of ten months. 4
* A com mod iou s k in d o f bo at u s ed in th e r iv e r G a n g e s .