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?12 SURVE?,?P'TH? ?INTE RT!tOPICAL ?e?. dehy. We h?, d? p?visio? ?d ?ter on ? ?r a?u? t? w?, ? ?t ? fine w?er we ?d have ?? ? de? for ?n or ?elve ?ys ?out mu? ?. ,?. ?r q?g ?s p?' ?g de?? u?, we ?d n? lose .?y time; but ? v?s d?a? of ? wea?er ?d ?ve? ?d? ?d n? su? ia get?g out �e 18?. It w? im?sible ? go out by the d?s ch?el ?h w? we en?r?; but ? S?- ?y Strait, ? w?ch ?e brig h? ?n d? ?fo? we went to Mau?, ?ee from ?er, we dir? our ? to it; ?d, ?r ?i? ?der weigh ? ?e ?ht n? �i? inner en?, d?ing whi? we ?d n?r? s?ck o? a r?f of r?s, fo?d our- ?:. ?lves at ?yHght ?ng ?gh it with a rapid ebb-tidg, ?out a breath of wind. ?e tide howe?r last? lo? enoch wh? ?e fi? ?enced, w?ch w?d have dri? us b? ?n, a'?esh b?e sp? up f? ?e w?tw?d, ?d ve? ?n ? us d? of ?e ?u?ce of ?e tide. Wi? ?s? to the, o?ning we had how le?, ?e were m?y ?? optiota ?ong us, ?t I ?ve eve? r?n to ? t?t ?e land