SQi^e fmall patches of verdure w-pre dilbpYfred nbpyt gtorry
January. B ^ y ^nd t l lg t fS fS feemed ip pumfefr 4nd fijS©.
Between fight ; apcl nine »ighfr Wf f§W. a large fee
pij t|e eaft .poipt of land which forms this hay» made fey the
natives; npne of whpm could wg f§e during the day,
though elgfe in with the fhpre: nor did we perceive any
pthefindmation of its being inhabited, but this firs» and
the fmofee mentioned tp be ften on pyr fifft; falling in
with the land. The diftanee between, the fmoke and
thg fire was fight kagnb& a., fiifel-jr
have exhibited Torn? pthe.r proofs pf pHpufefity had l i f been
•thickly peopled.
About T9 p'plpefcj off Storm, gay,-fhe weather n^defafyly
pleafant, the |hip was taken aback.-r Tfie Lady Penrhyn
was then under our lee qyajter, wfesph aMigf# m to tack j
after which we ii^gdiately-.W9r^;.hr<®ght' dh^p. to the
wind on the other ftood ,td; lea i wlfh the reft
©f the ihjps. The wind wa? then at N-hL-: which juft
enabled us to weather Sw-illy and the llddyftone. As
wc got tp &a the wind insreafsd mpdftMfly.
8 th. The wind and' W ither variable i, cgyjd perceive hoti-
thing of the; land, f wfnt on b w .4 t fe Filhbyjne, to fee
the
the ne^ y^i 1788*
‘having prdbdbly drank, more grog than he ought, sifid thé
£h4p labouring tnuëfe* had Ml'én ffoni the tópLfèil yard j by
which he bfuifêd biftifolf hi a drèadful Manner. The Mari
being b%Mj fcófbMiéi the partS'föon iflöttifiédf and he died
about half afi hour after I got Ori board. The mkfter óf
thé fhip fhöWed evident marks of grüat e'óftcërh fóf ibis
nf Sn ^ as- fee têtiiiédr Birri. Hé: declared tö1 Me, that
fóëfié* than venture again on fö lóhg a vóyagé without
a /jfurgeon, he drbiuld put tó féa Wiffi lëfs: tha&- Mlf-hitf
GöffiplóMént öf ifien § fot he' wals ftróWgiy’ bf .opinion,
that j if thé p iër' ffel loW had • received - i‘m-ihèdiast?é' affiftaheé
hé wëuM hav«^.’ reoöVered. I fhóüld haV'é fè’éh him foofttr,-
but was prevented fey éay owA indifferent ftafe óf health.
How owners ö f fhips- Ca* thirik öf fending thëni.: through
fuefe a^vatïfe#f'of elintótës,- and a Voyalgfe' of fo-gfcéat! aólerigth,
without -a fegenn,-‘ïs-t;ó me a- matter óf fiSt^riffè; Th'ê’ Lady
B®nrhyn, öWüed hy( Aldérman? Gurtisj was the only Merchant
flaip ‘i i i ’ oür Afeet thèt- ]bsüd éc futfgeóri1. Whatv the
Others- vtö©19döJ ori their - rfeturrii Heartn-only kiióVvsj bhtf;
this F w e l feriow; that théy‘ wohld rievéf'Hiïvte rfedfrfed1
1 thus