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1783. on~the raft, or from théif voicè and fpnits being exhaufted,
AU GlJSiT;
of from the fudden jöy of perceiving they were fo near
again tö theirCbÉiradës,: but- thé halloo was anfwered in fo-
Ihrill attd ürtaccuftömed a manner) that thofé Who-Were ïn-
the jolly-boat, who had previoufly heard the paddling of
oars, fuppofed they were natives; as the people who had remained
on fhore in the morning with the ftores, had dif-
cövered, after thé boats had left them, traces of fome ,peoplé
having been lately upon the ifland, by feeing places where-
there had been fires, with fbrrie fifh hones and’ pieces of
cocoa-nüt; flièlls flattered about, which had; not the apf^ir-
ance of having lain long there; thefe circumftarïfeeS" frt-s
during the j«ffly*hoaitfs'^öréw conclude, -that the- return
of the halloo came from a party of the natives, they precipitately
returned back into the eove.; The pinnace arriving
foon after, a]l; thefe alarms were diffipated, and an
univerfal joy fpread itfelf over every countenance on feeing
one another again on dry land. They Ihook hands
together with the utmoft cordiality, -every one feeling
thoffe emotions that could ill be exprefled by the nioft
forcible language. They got part of a cheefe, fome bif-
cuit, and a little water, for their fupper; and by dif-
charging a piftol, loaded with powder, into fome match
which they picked loofe to ferve as tinder, they kindled
a fire in the cove, where they dried their clothes, Which
were thoroughly wet, and flept on the ground alternately,
under
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under the covering of the tent wki^h, had héén raifed. The fljpÈ
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flight proved very uncomfortably on manyrijccouikts" tKe'raih
and wind’were heavy, and thq-diflrêfs of jjtheir Attrition not
I little -increafed-'by: the -fear of the' Ihip' ió^|to.,f!ieces,
from the témpeftuous: weather, -before they #iotddl%é able
to favé'from her fuch peeeflaries - as might- be riflfui to
them. They hauled their boat« Optrlhory, and iet*a'Watch,
left they might happen to be furprized by Uny-ofthe- nari
' j:
t' >rrbe confiant peffytration théï^jplÊji'hadfbéèhin, added r^orvJay u.
to their being perpetually wet with -thefalt watery iuwfprot
ddoèd an irritation on their ik-ins, iwhi5* , 1 withjthe ^
deidMrl4&|aVof their dótfie^Cfrom leveret labour, h^^xcq-
riatedtthéïi in a manner to make them moft miférabl-y ioré,.
-At dawn of day, both the pinttaice-and T%at wfere-fent.tP
the-raft, to try and bring It upbut the wind blowing very
hard, they were afraid to attempt moving,-it-they were,
however* fortunate enough to get the* remaihdfrdf the pro-
vifion and fails from-it, and returned about no.on.
The weather proving more moderate in the afternoon,
the boats'were lent to tlïê' wreck to bring'away föréë'riïcy,
atid other pro vifion, as alio to procure what neceffaiies fhëy.
could for the people,-who, as we have already faid, flood
in great need of them.
Thofe who remained on ihore were- employed in drying '
their powder, and cleaning and fitting their arms for ufé,
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