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13 August 1770 13. Ship stood out for the opening we had seen in the reef and about 2 O'Clock passd it. It was about _ a mile wide. As soon as the ship was well without it we had no ground with100 fathm of Line so became in an instant quite easy, being once more in the main Ocean and consequently freed from all our fears of shoals &c.
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