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AUGUST.
Wedneftlay.
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the Captain went round his new iftand in the jolly-boat, in
order to obferve its ihores, and its external appearance.
He found the fouth fide o f it almoft a perpendicular rock, covered
with wood, among which he obferved abundance of
the cabbage-tree, but growing in places inaccelfible from the
water.—The weft fide had a fair fandy beach, and fome level
.ground between the fea and the hills.—It was here where the
well was, whence our people brought their water ; and many
traces of ancient plantations were found, fuflicient to demonftrate
that the iftand had formerly been inhabited._The
northern part is a fteep rock covered with trees. As the
boat rowed along its fide they had often breezes froih it,
wafting a moft fweet and agreeable fmell. On the eaft fide
is the bay and harbour, which lies eaft and weft; k Was
judged the-whole circumference of the iftand did not ekeeed
three miles ; the coming in from the coral reef is to keep
right for a fmall opening which feparates the iftand of Oroo-
long from an uninhabited iftand to the eaftward of it,; until
the bay opens, then haul up weft into the harbour ; the
courfe before will have been about fouth.
The morning being fine, the jolly-boat was difpatched to
the watering-place to fetch fome timbers for futtocks,' and
to haul the feine ; but no fifti could be caught. Some hands
were fent to try to procure-fome cabbages, in which they
fucceeded ; they were drefled for fupper, and found to be
very good.—Some of our people, who had been cutting timber
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Ipr at the ^kifte^d of/cooling- back infthe,
jolly-boat'With return home over
land, and the evening bdfe&g fat advanced,,vth |y narr-owPf
efcaped with their lives.— T h e fjfell^teat. re t& h ih g’, to - the
tents'-whett< m Wasjjdark.-,- brought ai^aj^qun’t,- that: ihefd ‘meii-
(who* intended to- cdthd- bveg lartd>! had fet- out'-fohae t im ^
before the bba^j and' k being then lafe, and no; t id ip ^ jo f
them,-, much Unfeaifitffefs--Was entertained on ijheir account?.-
-People were immediately' fent out with lanterned* ;gb in
queft o f them,' who as* they went- on, every how and th em
halboed.— The voices- beings heard, and ^ be-
"Sighted travellers very p ru d^ ly * halted till the> light's they*
had di&OVeiied at a difta'nce' danSfe up with -them-; khd mbit
' fortunate- if .was that they did fo, for when- thjeir ftiipmatfspf
arYiveditkey ft&Uiid them on the edge o f a-dReadfu?predpicer
Where» had they advanced' a few-, fteps- further^ th e y ' muftr
ioeyicafeiy' have- plunged to th e bottom^ All-Werd happy to
fee them return after fo great an efeape.— This-.evening;
A-r-r A.- K ookeR arrived,- and-! palled the night With our people;;
lie'brought with him all-his fpirits and: gaiety, 4 nd entertained
them- wonderfully with the pleafant defcription he
gave of the late engagement, afiting, with his accuftorfied1
humour, and geftures, the panic which feized the enemy the
inftant they heard-the report of the Engli/b gnm.
The. pinnace was fent off to the wreck to fearch i f any further
neceftaries' could be ftill recovered.— Captain Wilishrt
went to fhe^top of th e'lu h 3ab®Ps the tehts, and: had' a fpot of'
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