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Motuaro

almost any force that could be brought against them

5. a small spirt of fair wind before day break made us heave up the anchor in a great hurry  but before we were well underway it was as foul as ever so we were obligd to atempt turning out   many canoes came from all parts of the bay which is by far the most populous place we have been in  in the middle of the day we were becalmd & caught many fish with hooks   about 10' at night as we were going through the outer heads on a sudden we wer becalmd so that the ship would neither wear nor stay  in a moment an eddy tide took hold of us & hustled us so fast towards the land that before the Officers resolvd what was best to be done the ship was within a Cables lengh of the breakers   we had 13 fathom water but the ground so foul that they dar'd not drop an anchor  the Eddy now took another turn & set her along shore opening another bay but we were too near the rocks to trust to that   the pinnace was orderd to be
 

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