On Casting The Ship About, We
Had Eight Fathoms, And So Held On Our Course To The East.
Not long
after, one of our men in the top saw an island S.E. of us, some five or
six leagues off, being low land, which we judged to be the island of
Candu,[107] though our course by computation did not reach so far
east.
Continuing our course some thirteen or fourteen leagues, we fell
upon another flat of sunken rocks, when we cast about southwards, and in
sailing about twelve leagues more found other rocks, and in trying
different ways we found rocks all round about, having twenty, thirty,
forty, and even fifty fathoms among the flats. We were here two days and
a half in exceeding great danger, and could find no way to get out. At
last we determined to try to the northward and in 6 deg. 40' S. thank God,
we found six fathoms water. The pinnace went always before, continually
sounding, with orders to indicate by signals what depth she had, that we
might know how to follow.
[Footnote 106: The Speaker bank, in long. 78 deg. E. is nearly in the
indicated latitude. - E.]
[Footnote 107:4 There are two islands called Candu, very small, and
direct N. and S. of each other, in lat. 50 deg. 40' S. long. 78 deg. E. and less
than half a degree N.N.E. is a small group called the Adu islands,
surrounded by a reef - E.]
Being delivered out of this pound, we followed our course till the 9th
May about four in the afternoon, when we got sight of the islands of
Nicobar, on which we bore in and anchored on the north side of the
channel.
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