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requested the Captain to put them on
shore at the most accessible port.
As we were then in about lat 20° N.
long. not certain, the ship was steered
for Moreton Bay. This was on Monday
Feb 19 when the wind was beginning to moder-
ate. On the following day however the
wind changed to S.W. & blew so strong
that the Captain thought it expedient
to run North. When the wind again
moderated he put in for Clevland [sic]
Bay - a steady S.E. trade blowing.

On Friday Feb. 23^rd we sighted a reef
in lat --- long --- and on Sunday
morning early reefs were reported
ahead. We were then supposed to be
passing through Flinders opening.
Reefs were sighted throughout the
day generally bearing S.W. and W.
The ship's course was, as a rule, altered
to avoid these reefs, and to do so hauling
sometimes N.W., N., N.E., and even
E., I should consider the general
course on Sunday to be N.W. Towards
evening we sighted land bearing, I believe,
S.W. or W.S.W. A great portion of
this night we had our mainsail
"aback". On Monday morning about
2.45 we just touched a reef, which
however we passed over without damage
to the ship; a few minutes after-
wards we grounded. The tide rising
we soon floated off this reef and
grounded on another

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