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eafy rate until morning; when the wind was little and
variable.
^ 34., This evening, finding it impoffiMe M g® t hold of
aneho#g% the commodores difpatcMid Lieutenant King m
the Supply, which failed well in light_^inds; to .the viceroy,
vrhh inftepaSlon that he wa% with Ms. convoy, arrived near •
the mouth of the h a r b o r He then made the fignal Foe the
{hips to Ming yvith tbeh heids to the fe»thward,. about
fix miles from thé fhore, Rio de Janeiro Sugar Loaf bearing,
v^eft half nptth, diftant - about fix Istagwe*» In the. couhfe 'óf
the. day we few many whales playing about.
4th. This mornings., fl&ndiög in. for. the harbour, the
wind headed, us £ which obliged Us to tack* and fend out
to fea a kWh*, in prdef to prevent one faUiagrtb leeward ol
the port, which it wOül'd have been no. eafy matter to, have
regained,.
5tb. :Stül e^m. This m.mhing-a beat came alongfidfi, in
which were three Portuguese and fixflaves; from-whom wo
purchafed fome oranges, plantains, and bread. In trafficking
with jJg||gj .pPbpMi' wC djyftoirejtedi tfe-fc one Thomas Barret,
a conviös, had, with great- ingenuity- and addrefs, pafifed
fome quarter dollars which: he* affifted by two others, had
coined
f Vö*A 0HT ' :T&r.. H-EW' SO U ÏH WAd,ÈS;f|
coined outsoftold buckles, ;buttöri*è' bélQnging to t he marines-,
and pewter fpoöns, during their paflbge -from Teaeriffe.
The impreffi0n, miilMg, -Ghaïàéter, in a word, the whole
was fo inimitabl^eieisated, that had their metal feeóÉ a little
better^ itihe-ffauil, I âM convinced, Would hâVe paffed Unddt;
tetSed. A ftiàft and carefulTe&rch was made ft# fthe apparatus
wherewith feMs ’vV^-#èôç, büti Ifi ••thiö'^.üot thé fmaUeft
trace or vt^ige of any thing tif the kind was to b^found
among'‘them.' { How they > managed this bufi^efis^iwithaUt
difeovery, or how they eöfltó tÔ#âï it ■ &&&& o f
inexpr effifele fwprife.ta me j as wfcfe:£nfiferèd tocame:
near aiasre ; and arcéntMél w&seöfiftantly placed oVëé
their hatchway, which, one would imagine, rendered it impoft-
fiblejfpit;either firé1:or fufe'd metal to-be convêyed into t-feei-t
ïJhtdljri ten minutés- obéi- çkpfed*
without amofficeirof fbmé' degfel'ôï? Other going. doWn- among,
theim ï'iThe adtoitaéftàÿ thérêfoèë^ with whidfit-tbè^ ffiMS
have managed, in order tó Complété a hü*fin®fs- that required
ffi complicated a proce-fe,; gave me- a high opinion o fth e ir
. ingenuity^ cunning, caution, and ad'd refs- §j and Icou ld n o t
bed p wHhing -fhat tbife q^ihSfet' had been ëftipMyód tö öïétfe'
laudable purpoftst The officers éf mâtinés, the mailer of
the
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