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Examples
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The women immediately returned from the fide of the hill, whither they had retired; the men threw off their mats; and all fat down together by the water-fide, extending their arms, and inviting me to come on fhore.
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This day the fea-breezes began to be very moderate again, and we made the befl of our way along fhore, only in the night edging off a little for fear of fhoals.
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Early on the 21ft, we continued our furvey of Oyfter Bay: towards the extremity it is fo fhallow that we were every inftant in danger of grounding, though oftentimes at confiderable diflance from fhore.
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On the 25th the mafter and the pilot, the weather being fair, went off again to the wreck, and thofe who were left on fhore, obferving that they wanted hands to get any thing out of her, fent off fome to affift them.
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At laft one of our men perceived one of them very Dufy getting out one of our Iinch-pins» and took hold of the fellow; who immediately bawloi out, and all the reft prefently leaped overboard, fome into their boats, others into the fea, and they all made awa/for the fhore.
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At one in the morning of the 1 8th day we had eighty-five fathom; by two we could find no ground, and then I ventured to fteer along fhore again due north, which is two points wide of the coaft (that lies north-north-eaft) for fear of another fhoal.
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From this place to the point of little Hativa the fliore is guarded by an uninter - rupted range of funken rocks, which prevent all approach, and from thefe to the pais, there is likewife no rifing bottom, except clofe to the fhore.
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Though we could get no information from our vifitors; yet their venturing on board feemed to imply, at leafl, that their countrymen on fhore had not made an improper ufe of the confidence put in them.
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With this order i was furprized to find theih both refufe to comply, and the con - fequence was a conteft amongft us, who ihould be the laft on fhore.
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While my companions were employed on their geographic furvey of the fhore, I advanced towards the north coaft of the bay, and penetrated into the interior.
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