Maxfield, weighed anchor, spread her sails to the breeze, and fast the land receded from view.
The last of July we weighed anchor, and spread our sails bound for London.
We therefore took a pilot, weighed anchor, and set sail about ten or eleven o'clock.
Weighed anchor at three o'clock in the afternoon, it being almost low water, and set sail with a southwest and south-southwest wind.
The wind coming out of the south about nine o'clock we weighed anchor, and got under sail.
The flood having run out by evening, we weighed anchor, and before we were under sail had a fresh wind astern.
Upon this we weighed anchor, and made a shirt to stand out to sea, the wind being S.
We weighed anchor at four o'clock in the morning, and worked to windward out of the harbour: The wind continued contrary at N.
Having taken in a proper quantity of water at this place, with four pipes and ten puncheons of wine, some fresh beef, and a large quantity of onions, we weighed anchor on the 12th, and continued our voyage.
Our ship's company was now so much wasted by sickness, that we resolved to turn back to Ceylon, for which purpose we weighed anchor in November, and arrived off Ceylon about the end of that month.
The 8th of September the Penelope and Edward Bonadventure weighed anchor, and that day we doubled the cape.
On the 25th, about noon, we weighed anchor, and made sail for the Downs through the Queen's Channel, with a gentle breeze at N.
Having completed our water, and got on board every other thing we wanted at Teneriffe, we weighed anchor on the 4th of August, and proceeded on our voyage, with a fine gale at N.
Thus prepared, he weighed anchor, and stood out to sea, having under his command four large ships of the line, and three stout frigates.
We weighed anchoras soon as it was high water, and, with a faint breeze, southerly, stood over to the west shore, where the return of the flood obliged us to anchor early next morning.
On the 2d of January, at day-break, we weighed anchor, and resumed our course to the N.
He accordingly, on the 17th, weighed anchor at dawn and ran up the river about fifteen miles, when, finding shoals and small islands, he thought it best to anchor again.
With a glad heart, then, he weighed anchor on September 12th, and commenced his memorable voyage up that majestic stream which now bears his name.
Which done, we weighed anchor, and with a fresh gale and most happy weather we set sail for England.
On the last day of August, we weighed anchor at nine o'clock in the evening, from Bencoolen bay, and aided by the current and a land breeze, about midnight we once more found ourselves at sea.
Some ships, which by Brutus's orders were constantly cruising near the port, having espied him, weighed anchor, and pursued him.
He weighed anchor on October 24th and sailed south-west, encountering some bad weather on the way; but on Sunday the 28th he came up with the north coast of Cuba and entered the mouth of a river which is the modern Nuevitas.
It began to tell on the health of the crew, so he weighed anchor on July 5th and stood on a southwesterly course.
The next morning heweighed anchor at sunrise and continued east along the coast.
The water for the squadron being that day completed, and each ship supplied with as much wine and other refreshments as they could take in, we weighed anchor in the afternoon, and took leave of Madeira.
We weighed anchor at five next morning, and an hour afterwards descried a sail, which was soon found to be the Pearl, which had separated from us a few days after leaving St Catharines.
This proposal the commodore agreed to, and in the morning we weighed anchor, and, under the direction of the Portuguese pilot, steered for the intended harbour.
We weighed anchor accordingly, and there accompanied us two savages from this lake to serve as guides.
On this day, the wind coming round in our favor, we weighed anchor to go to Cap Blanc, distant from here five leagues north a quarter north-east, and we doubled the cape.
On the next day, the 17th of the month, we weighed anchor to go to a cape we had seen the day before, which seemed to lie on our south south-west.
We weighed anchor to do so, but were unable to enter on account of the small amount of water, it being low tide, and were accordingly obliged to anchor at the mouth.
At daylight the next morning we weighed anchor, and, having passed two reaches of the river, we came in sight of the towns of Gonong Tabor and Gonong Satang.
We now thought that we were about to proceed to the isle of France direct, but we were mistaken: we weighed anchor, and proceeded to the Cocoa islands.
We weighed anchor precisely at noon, and steaming southward through the Yura straits, got to the little harbour of Nei in Awa about six o'clock in the evening.
We weighed anchor early on the following morning and arrived at Yokohama on the 10th.
At half-past six we weighed anchor, and steamed out of the bay, full of regrets at being obliged to part from our kind, hospitable friends.
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