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 vW windward of it, we were very little to-the isis. eastward of its south. west end; having been set o. . 'forty-three miles to the westward since yester- day noon. During the day,. as the wind was �at S.E.; we endeavoured to pass roun/i its wind- -ward side,' but the current was setting with such 'strength to the westward that, finding we bad lost  ground during the night, we bore up the next morn- 'ing for the island of Savu, a proceeding which, if �we should succeed in procuring refreshments and 'fresh water there, would be more advantageous than going to Timor: for in the first place there was less chance of incurring sickness among the crew; and secondly, we should be farther advanced on our voyage back. Captain Cook, on his visit to Savu in 1770, found a Dutch resident there; and I recollected having being assured by Mr. Ha- zaart, the Resident at Timor, that the people were well. disposed towards the English: Captain Hots- 'burgh-also mentions, in his description of Savu, that the Dutch have residents on all these is- ]ands; and, as a corroboration of these accounts, I had been informed by the master of a merchant schooner at Port Jackson, who had htely been among. these islands, that abundance of good water coul. d be procured there. Opposed to this last report, Captain 'Cook says," We were upon the coast at the latter end of the dry season Dioitized by G)og[e

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