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keys,of a harpsichord,, as far towards. thei elhoyy a S'; the
i pulaeccould be distinguishedifiT'He^remainedrhe-iwholie
time<,.silent, with byes fixed, but mot-dupon' the patient,
and acting asifhhe considereb^pveEy distinathdisealse. to
bei^attjaded^ith laupulsation of'-the artery; pe^uliarr-to
itself, and distinguishable fey anuattjmilve pj^gfeffcihmeai
Hp pronounced; the present complaint, to arise; from the
stojnaeh, - as indeed was obvioiMVfrom’the symptomsftfef
which it is very, probable lie had information e(he
came; and which soon yielded to appropriate mglfcinfes
supplied,-at the patient’s r.equest, by him. -
As soon as the pilots arrived on board the;Clarence,
she; stood out of Ghu-san harbour, and,'ip her waypto
join . the Lion,*, came close to pfe-dsland, . called thafcbof
Sarah Galley'in the^chart, whfth the-wind dying awtfyy’
shes'driftedi-into tan eddy; in which she > was whirled
round, as-upon:a centre,: sevefcal times,- with.mm'dhjirfi-
petuosityi u At every revolution the-bowsprit wakfwifh-
in a few feet of striking-against n-steepnr^©k. that ruse
pjsrpwdiicidaHlyi3|ut o f the' seam The'pilots, who had
fedefcin ihe jsapte situation frequently before, is^Kedso
farlnseful on this occasion , as to’prevent ariy-alarhx feeing
taken, by their assurance that no danger wasi toiUi^|i*fibi-
hended ; and, in fact; the tide soon carried the brig away
foom the whirlpool; and she anchored, the same night,
off the northern point of Lowang. The following day
shte passed through the straits, marked Gough’s passage
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ins ttafe cfesfrt, ai^j®iasfe^|^;Lion at^Mi'pa^of'anphbr-
-
Duringher afe|hc%thpdeputatii^l'^nJliionedtat Chu-
andm^bfcher&nm? (Jp^oVcpt®« thd^prgvip^To
j^ft ry,rphypdorj l^d^b^fapn boapl the Liopf,pp|^e>nts
of provision? ^es^ferought-by |^th; :gatid inyhdjons
^is^dn^fdr'his K}&<s^llei^^''ahd partekdN^ endekai
nubn tsn©&. sftore-;- which -he1 declined f 'ftkteging the |
h e e immediate!-prosecution.1 of his voyage
towards <th!e1 Emperor s ets&ifts&M