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Rio de Janeiro

Novr. 1768

but that they had left her riding to her grapling tho full of water as for my boat they had in returning to the ship faln in with a reef of rocks in which dangerous situation they had been obligd to cut her adrift this was poor comfort tho we were glad to find the people safe yet the Loss of our long boat which we much feard was perhaps the greatest misfortune that could happen to people who were going as we were upon discoverys

I should have mentiond that on the detainder of our boats crew a petty officer was sent ashore with the memorials & a letter from the Captn demanding the Boat & men who was sufferd quietly to go ashore on taking a soldier out of the guard boat the only answer he got was verbal that the affair could not be settled as yet

20. This morn the yawl now the only boat we

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