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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARI.
[APRIL, 1902
Sunday Febit 29 1766. A Fresh Gale Easterly till 4 A M, When the Wind Shifted to the Westward and we Weighd at Noon. The Extreema [Extremes] of the Land from E B N to WN W Dist of Shore 5 Miles. I Never was getting an Anchor up with Better will than this Morning, for Yesterday we Lost One. Immediately let go Another which held us. Was in Danger of Foundering Every Minnte. The Sea Breaking so prodigiously, and we could not, Afford to loose another Grapnail. Besides, in driving to the westward was Starting, therefore Could by No Means Agree to Slip, there being but Little Choice Either to Founder at Anchor, or Drive to Leeward and Starre Latte Obs! 82°: 44' 8o.
Monday March fot. The First Part Calm, The Middle and Latter Fresh Gales. At Noon got the Boat Out and 8 Men went & shore to Try if they could Land And gett Sorne Wood. At the Same Time we got Our Oars Out on Board and Row! After them in order to Anchor, but was Agreeably Disappointed by a Breeze Springing up from the Wtward, When we got within a mile of the Shore. [We] Ley too for Our Boat which Return on Board, without Wood, not being Able to Land. Caught Fish Enough to Last us 2 Meales while we Lay too, And should have Caught Many More, had not the Sharks Taken away all Our Hooks. At Sun Rise The Extreems (Extremes) of the Land from East to W B 8 Dist of Sbore Miles. About 10 , Clock Came into a Greaty Ripling, Which Surprized us greatly much] thinking it was Breakers, and for 2 Hours I Never Saw 8o Confused [6] Sea, Which Threatned our destruction every Moment. About 12 it Was More Regular which gave us Some Relief & as we Came Nearer the Land it was Quite Smouth, Lat. Obs! 31°: 58' So.
Tuesday 24. The first part Fresh Gales and Squalls, Middle Calm, latter a fresh Breeze. At 5 PM Hauld in for an Opening which Made Like a Harbour but did not prove 80. As we Came Near the Land mett with a Large Confused Sea, Which is Occasioned By a Strong Current : for When We Were Running 4 Knotts to yo Eastward as we Thought, We found we drove to the Westward by the Land at least a Mile [Knot] an hour. As soon as we discoverd Our Mistake hauld off ES E in hope to run out of the Current bat by my Observation find [found) it Continues [Continued]. [Therefore] For finding my Self 87 M: To the Soward, of Acos which made me propose [I propos'a] to the people to stand to the Soward, but they would not Agree to it, on any Terms, having no Wood on Board and Very Little Provissions. Two of them having (had now] no Bread, and Several Others Very Short. As (we had] have Now Nothing to Live on but an Ounce & hall of Salt Pork p- Day, I propos'd putting Back to the Island to gett Wood, and Proceed for the Cape. Accordingly it was Agreed on & at Noon we Bore Away Lattitude Obgd 83° 08' 89.
Wednesday Maroh 99 1760. The First and Latter Parts Moderate and Fair, the Middle Cloudy with Thunder Lightning and Rain. At Sun Sett the Extreems (Extremes of the Land Bore from N E to W NW Dist of Shore 2 Leag!. At Sun Rise Do from W BS to EN E Dist 8 or 4 Miles. At 8 AM Lay too and fishe'd but The Vessell Driving fast Could not keep the Ground: therefore, Stood in Shore And Anchord in 15 Fathom Dist of Shore 1 Mile. The Extreems [Extremes) of the Land from ENE to W SW, Where we Caught Enough to last us 3 Days, And then Made Sail at Noon & Stood off in Order to give the Land a Birth, it Threatning
Hard Gale from the Westward which makes (made] me Repent Bearing away, but Indeed our Situation is (was] Such that I am was) at a Lobs what to do, for when we have [had] « fair Wind to go to the Eastward, We Always Mett [with] 80 Strong & Current, that when I think [we thought) we Sail[d] at the Rate of 4 Knotts with a fair Wind find [found] Our Selves Very Little to the E'ward of where the Place) we Were Before Lattd Obser33°: 7' S.
16 Perhaps one of the rivers E. of Cape Padron mentioned in Hornburgh, Ed. 1809, 1.240.
