I Gave The Men This Day To Rest And Sleep; And
The Next Day (Oct.
10th) we again started at two in the morning
with a land breeze.
After I had set them to their oars, and given
instructions to keep close in-shore, and on no account to get out
to sea, I went below, being rather unwell. At daybreak I found,
to my great astonishment, that we were again far off-shore, and
was told that the wind had gradually turned more ahead, and had
carried us out - none of them having the sense to take down the
sail and row in-shore, or to call me. As soon as it was daylight,
we saw that we had drifted back, and were again opposite our
former anchorage, and, for the third time, had to row hard to get
to it. As we approached the shore, I saw that the current was
favourable to us, and we continued down the coast till we were
close to the entrance to the lower harbour. Just as we were
congratulating ourselves on having at last reached it, a strong
south-east squall carne on, blowing us back, and rendering it
impossible for us to enter. Not liking the idea of again
returning, I determined on trying to anchor, and succeeded in
doing so, in very deep water and close to the reefs; but the
prevailing winds were such that, should we not hold, we should
have no difficulty in getting out to sea.
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