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• Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer…
• All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds.
• In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather: but one…
• The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought…
• The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the…
• On the 28th the ship's company received two months pay in advance, and on the following morning we worked out to St.…
• Our plants had now increased to 252: as they were all kept on shore at the tent I augmented the guard there,…
• On the night of the 1st of September we observed for the first time signs of the natives being in the neighbourhood.…
• Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.
• There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among…
• The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its…
• The ship was named the Bounty: I was appointed to command her on the 16th of August 1787.

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