A V 0 Y % ^ ‘E T O
• 1789, Rboat,'with fo much ftormy Weather, we pleaded foundering,
^ P- ^7 ■ '-that not any of us 'were tak%h- off by difeafel that we> had
'the1 great - good f&rttme to' pafs the amfriendly natives b f
■ other countries without accident, and at laft happily -to
'rrfeet-wlth' the moft friendly and heft o f people to r e lie f
■ out diffrdflTes'^ I fay,1 when 1 refledt on all thefe wonderfu
l' efcapesj/fhe remembrance o f fuch great mercies|en-
^ th bear^ with refignation and chearfulnefsjjthe
failure of- an expedition, ■ the fwecefe o f 'which I had fo
much at heart, and which was fruftrated at a- time wh;en I
"was ^ongratulatin'g myfelf on thefaireft profpe£f of being
able to complete it in a-manner -that would fully have-ah-
fWefedthe imentioh o f His' Majefty, and the humane- promoters
offohenevoient a plan;
- With refpedf to the prefervation of our health, during a
xourfc ’of 1*6 days o f heavy and almoft continual rainy I
would recommend to every one in-a fimilar fitfiatioh^' the
methodwe pradfifed, which Is, to dip their clothes in tljje
fyt-watery and wirng them out, as ■ often* -as they become
filled with rain:, it was the only refourfe we hadjand I‘believe
was of the greafeft fervice to us, for it felt more like
a change of dry dpthes than could well be imagined. , We
had occafion to do this fo often, that at length all ©ur
clothes were wrung to pieces: for, except the few days we
paffed on the dbaft o f New Holland, we were continually
wet either with rain or fea. p
Thus, through the-afliftance of Divine PrOvidenoPj we
furmounted the difficulties and diftreffes of a moft perilous
voyage, and arrived fafe in an hofpitable port, where every
neceffary and comfort were adminifteredto us with a moft
liberal hand.