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August 1770    at Anchor among Shoals

much anxiety whether our anchors held or not we could not tell & maybe might when we least thought of it be upon the very brink of destruction  Day light however releivd us & shewd us that the anchors had held & also brought us rather more moderate weather so that towards evening we venturd to get up Yards & top masts.

9. Night & morning still more moderate so that one anchor was got up & we had great hopes of sailing on the next morn

10. Fine weather so the ship anchor was got up & we saild down to Leward  convincd that we could not get out the way we had tried before & hoping there might be a passage that way  in these hopes we were much encouragd by the sight of some high Islands where we hopd the shoals would end  by 12 we were among these & fancied that the grand or outer reef ended on one of them so were all in high spirits  but about dinner time the people at the mast head saw as they thought Land all round us  on which we immediatedly came to an anchor resolvd to go ashore & from the hills examine whether it was so or not

        

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