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?}' $UI:tV2� {DP ?i-? lSlO. ing ?e ?d at ?e s? ins?nt,'her ?ead 'J?y? flew up in ?e ?nd, ?d ?e ? v? n?rl? ?w? b? u?n the ba?. ?s ?, however, f?tely p?ted :?in a ?w ?ds she ? deeper Wa?r, ?d we proUdentity escap? a ?ger which h? so ne?ly p?ved ?t? ? ?e vessel ?d our Hves; ?r h? ? ?t?r rema? a-?o?d un ?e b? d?g ?e ?ghk the s? ? ? hea? ?at ?e? wo?d n? have ?n ?e least vestige of her the fo?o?g morning. To commaorate ?s ?ffence, I have ?st?ished the o?g wi? ?e n?e ? ?cape River. Ha?ng re?h? ? ?g, we ?re up ? Tulle Island, inten?ng to pass wi? it ?d ?chor under its lee; but ?e appe?ce of ?e i?er ch?el berg suspicious, ?e pl? was ?red, and we p?s? outside. As s?n ? we were to ?e no?ward of it we ? in, but were preyenid from ?cho?g ?der its lee by a r?f, ?t extended for a ?nsiderable dis? oF its no? side. We were now rather cHti?ly pl?d, for ?e ?e?ng was closing in wi? ?e? ap?aran? of b? wea?r, ?d we were obH? to ?or in a ve? ex?s? situation, ?out any prote?on, eider from ?e ?nd or sea. During ?e night, ?e foyer blew ha? i?m ?e S.E., wi? ?ck rainy w?er; ?d, wi? ?e