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Rio de Janeiro

Decr. 1768

our Mast we immediately brought to & sent ashore to enquire the reason were told that no order had come down to allow us to pass without which no ship was ever sufferd to go below that fort we were now obligd to send to town to know the reason of such extraordinary behavior the Answer came back about 11 that it was a mistake for the Brigadier had forgot to send the letter which had been wrote some days it was however sent by the boat & we had leave to proceed we now began to weigh our anchor which had been droppd in foul ground when we were fird at but it was hung so fast in a rock that it could not be got out while the Land breeze blew which today continued almost till four in the Even as soon as the Sea breeze came we filld our sails & carrying the ship over the anchor tripd it but were obligd to sail back almost

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