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August 1770.     From Endeavours River

but desisted from their attempts after having ran the ship twice ashore

4. Fine calm morn  Began early & warp'd the ship out, after which we saild right out till we came to the turtle reef where our turtlers took one turtle  myself got some few shells but saw many Beautifull sea insects &c. at night our people who fishd caught abundance of sharks

5. The Turtlers were again out upon the shoal & took one turtle. at 2 we weighd  resolvd to stand out as well as we could among the shoals  but before night were stoppd by another shoal which lay directly across our way

6. Blew so fresh that we could not move but lay still all day  not without anxiety least the anchor should not hold.

7. During last night the gale had freshned much & in the morn we found that we had drove above a League  fortunately no shoal had in that distance taken us up but one was in sight astern & the ship drove fast towards it  on this another anchor was let go & much cable verd out but even this would not stop her   our prospect was now more melancholy than ever  the shoal was plainly

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