dehyed very much; oF entireIF preyented'f?m Thu? it w?. with us on ti?s (by; soon aftor we we?l it .fell calm, and tho ?de, ? tm rsp/dly t9 the sot?thwMxl ovev. !?y ground, .era?led us close to a red of. drY. r?ks to th? northward of Foul Point, without our being abl? .to ayoid it, At a little before five o'clock the. flood.tide was nearly exponded,? an(? obl/ged ? to drop the cha?/.?t. bled anchor? ?t the distance .d three miles from Foul Point, upon a .bottonl of rotten yellow-.colpur?d rock**.. that crumbl?i away upon being touched, but from the noise that the chain nmdo/n dragg/p? over the ground, there was reason to apprehend it w?m very rocky? and consequently great fears were entertained for the. safety of our anchor. Our s/t?mtion was in .the out?er pp. rt of a b?y, the SOuthern head o� which bore S. ?� arid which, from the loss and perplexity we met with in it, was afterwards called Disaster Bay, and its south extreme, off which is a small rocky island, was named 11epulse Point. During the. a/ternoon We had' .another instan/? o� mlragc, which proved useful.so far that it.h1. ? idacared t? us the trend of tl? lpad to the.s9?th- ?.?tward,. in. which direct/o.' n._.not. hi%*. had pr.? ?v?.y b0?a ?n ?-it PPI?. tc?bo .�qry low
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