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THE WRECK OF THE "DODDINGTON," 1755.
Thursday 25. Moderate Gales Westerly and fair Wear Gott Plenty of Corn & Bread. The Man is Returned from the Country without Calves. Bought a Bullock for a Brass Image of a Clock.
APRIL, 1902.]
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Friday 26. Light Airs Easterly and fair Wea! This Morning Mr Collett & Self Went on the East Side & Brought a Bullock, Some Bread & Corn. The People Return from the Wt Side and Bronght a Calf and 5 Fowles. We Lickwise Bought a Cow for 4 pair of Cop Bangles and agread [agreed] for a Nother for a [the] Brass Bottom of a Compass.
Sunday 27. The First part Light Airs, Werly, the Latter Eterly, which Prevented us from Sailing, as we Intended in the Morning. However, Shall Take The First Oppertunity, haveing [having] Plenty of Bread & Corn, to Last a fortnight. Lickwise 2 Calves, a Cow and 20 Fowles. The Natives on the Eastside Brought Down Corn Bread & Potatoes.
Sunday 28th. Wind and Wear as Before. Severall of the Natives whome we Have not Seen Before, Came to [the Place]. Where we Lay & Brought a Bullock with Them Which We Bought for a Brass Image, & Some Small Iron. We lickwise Gott Some Bread & Corn. Got Every thing on Board in Readiness for Sailing in the Morning.
Monday 29th, Wind Northerly and fair Wea! At 5 AM Weighs and Soon got to the Barr Where we Found More Surf than we Expected, and had it Been Day Light Enough for us to have seen it, before we Came Near it, I am Certain Should not have Attempted Coming Over it; for When we Got Among the Breakers found them Allmost to many for us, 2. Very large Seas Braking Right on us, Another Hove the Boat Broadside to the Sea, but Luckily She wore before Another Sea, took her, or Else must Inevitably been Lost on the Rocks, which [were] was Not Twice her Length from us. However, Got Safe out, & hope Shall not be [obliged] Necessitated to put into a Barr Harbour Again. These People Answer the Description of a Hottentots (sic).
Tuesday 30th March 1756. The First part Little Winds and fair Wear Middle and Latter Fresh Gales, with a Large Sea. At 1 P M the Land Where we Lay at Anchor, before we went in the Harbour W B 8, Dist 6 Leag At 6 the Extreams [Extremes] of the Land from N E BE to WB S, Dist: off Shore 3 or 4 Miles. This Wening Found that we got ground in Turning. Therefore Hope the Westerly Current [has] is done. This day am to the Northward of Account 10 M Latt pr Observ 30°: 82′ So.
Wednesday 31st, Moderate Breezes at 8 W & fair Wear the Land here is Much More Regular than any we have past for Some Time, and Sends More To the Noward Than Laid Dowa in the Chart Lattd pr Acct 29°: 29' 8°.
Thursday April 1. Light Breezes Westerly and fair Wear att Sun Sett The Extreems [Extremes] of the Land from N EBE to W B 8 Dist 1 Mile. At Noon Do from E NE to Wt Dist of Shore 1 Mile. At 8 A M anchor & at 10 Weighd Again When we Steerd N W it was to look at an Opening which Made like a River, but did not prove So, Latta pr Acct 29°: 5′ So.
