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August 1770.    At Anchor within the Reef

happy to have escap'd from  how little do men know what is for their real advantage  two days our utmost wishes were crownd by getting out of without the reef & today we were made again happy by getting within it

17. As we were now safe at an anchor it was resolvd to send the boats upon the nearest shoal to search for shell fish  turtle or whatever else they could get  they accordingly went & Dr Solander & myself accompanied them in my small boat   in our way we met with two water snakes  one 5 the other 6 feet long  we took them both  they much resembled Land snakes only their tails were flatted sideways  I suppose for the convenience of swimming & were not venomous  the shoal we went upon was the very reef we had so near been lost upon yesterday  now no longer terrible to us; it afforded little provision for the ship  no turtle  only 300lb of Great cockles  some were however of an immense size  we had in the way of curiosity much better success  meeting with many curious fish & mollusca besides Corals of many species  all alive  among which

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