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<p>over their heads as soon as they heard the report they ran into the woods<lb/> | |||
and we saw no more of them, the natives are quite naked there we stopped<lb/> | |||
2 days and 2 nights, the Surf running very high that we were in great<lb/> | |||
danger of staving the boat; that night we were drove out to Sea by a<lb/> | |||
heavy gale of wind & current expecting every moment to go to the<lb/> | |||
bottom next morning saw no land the Sea running mountains high<lb/> | |||
we were under close <sic>reeft</sic> Mainsail and kept so <sic>untill</sic> night then<lb/> | |||
came to under a droge all the night with her head to the Sea thinking<lb/> | |||
every moment to be the last the Sea coming in so heavy upon us every now and then that two hands were obliged to keep bailing<lb/> | |||
out it rained very hard all that night the next morning<lb/> | |||
we took our droge in but could not see any land but <sic>hawling</sic> towards<lb/> | |||
the land to make it as soon as possible the Gale of wind<lb/> | |||
still continuing we keep on under a close <sic>reeft</sic> Mainsail but<lb/> | |||
could not make land all that day _ I will leave you to consider<lb/> | |||
what distress we must be in the Woman and the two little babies<lb/> | |||
were in a bad Condition every thing being so wet that we could<lb/> | |||
by no means light a fire we had nothing to eat except a little<lb/> | |||
raw Rice at night we came to under a droge as we did the<lb/> | |||
night before the next morning we took in our droge and<lb/> | |||
kept to the northward on purpose to make the land about<lb/> | |||
8 oClock we made the land which proved to be a small<lb/> | |||
Island about 30 Leagues from the main the Surf running<lb/> | |||
so very high we were rather fearful of going in for fear of staving<lb/> | |||
our boat but we concluded amongst ourselves that we might as<lb/> | |||
well venture in there as to keep out to Sea seeing no probability<lb/> | |||
but that if we kept out to Sea we should every Soul perish _<lb/> | |||
All round this Island there was nothing but reefs and a<lb/> <add>little</add></p> | |||
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over their heads as soon as they heard the report they ran into the woods
and we saw no more of them, the natives are quite naked there we stopped
2 days and 2 nights, the Surf running very high that we were in great
danger of staving the boat; that night we were drove out to Sea by a
heavy gale of wind & current expecting every moment to go to the
bottom next morning saw no land the Sea running mountains high
we were under close reeft Mainsail and kept so untill night then
came to under a droge all the night with her head to the Sea thinking
every moment to be the last the Sea coming in so heavy upon us every now and then that two hands were obliged to keep bailing
out it rained very hard all that night the next morning
we took our droge in but could not see any land but hawling towards
the land to make it as soon as possible the Gale of wind
still continuing we keep on under a close reeft Mainsail but
could not make land all that day _ I will leave you to consider
what distress we must be in the Woman and the two little babies
were in a bad Condition every thing being so wet that we could
by no means light a fire we had nothing to eat except a little
raw Rice at night we came to under a droge as we did the
night before the next morning we took in our droge and
kept to the northward on purpose to make the land about
8 oClock we made the land which proved to be a small
Island about 30 Leagues from the main the Surf running
so very high we were rather fearful of going in for fear of staving
our boat but we concluded amongst ourselves that we might as
well venture in there as to keep out to Sea seeing no probability
but that if we kept out to Sea we should every Soul perish _
All round this Island there was nothing but reefs and a
little
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