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were then nearly out of sight drifting
rapidly to leeward. I consider that
the rafts were they to continue their
course they were then going would
make land about Double Point in
lat. about 17 ° 30". I have formed
this opinion since my visit to the wreck
yesterday when I carefully noted the
bearings of the different Islands and
headlands towards the N.W.

After pulling towards the Palm Islands
till 3 or 4 P.M. & finding we could
not possibly make them, we ran before
the wind and landed on Hinchinbrook
Island near Agnes Island, about
nightfall. On the following morning
the Chief Officer's boat joined us.
They had evidently had an anxious
night of it, as they had been pulling
more or less ever since they left
the wreck, and had encountered, like
us, heavy seas & stiff squalls. We
remained on Hinchinbrook Island
till Friday March 2^nd. During the
five days we were there we lived
on shell fish & a very small quantity
of mouldy bread & meat. The weather
being very unsettled with heavy
S.E. squalls & rain, it would have
been impossible during this time to
to [sic] go to the wreck.

We were not certain of our
position till a party of six of us pull-
ed to the Northern part of the Island

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were then nearly out of sight drifting
rapidly to leeward. I consider that
the rafts were they to continue their
course they were then going would
make land about Double Point in
lat. about 17 ° 30". I have formed
this opinion since my visit to the wreck
yesterday when I carefully noted the
bearings of the different Islands and
headlands towards the N.W.

After pulling towards the Palm Islands
till 3 or 4 P.M. & finding we could
not possibly make them, we ran before
the wind and landed on Hinchinbrook
Island near Agnes Island, about
nightfall. On the following morning
the Chief Officer's boat joined us.
They had evidently had an anxious
night of it, as they had been pulling
more or less ever since they left
the wreck, and had encountered, like
us, heavy seas & stiff squalls. We
remained on Hinchinbrook Island
till Friday March 2^nd. During the
five days we were there we lived
on shell fish & a very small quantity
of mouldy bread & meat. The weather
being very unsettled with heavy
S.E. squalls & rain, it would have
been impossible during this time to
to [sic] go to the wreck.

We were not certain of our
position till a party of six of us pull-
ed to the Northern part of the Island

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