Happily the Adventure brought up without striking.
Presently, the Resolution's people carried out two kedge-anchors, with hawsers to each; and these found ground a little without the bower.

By heaving upon them, and cutting away the bower anchor, the ship was gotten afloat, where Captain Cook and his men lay for some time in the greatest anxiety, expecting every minute that either the kedges would come home, or the hawsers be cut in two by the rocks.

At length, the tide ceased to act in the same direction: upon which the captain ordered all the boats to try to tow off the vessel.

Having found this to be practicable, the two kedges were hove up; and at that moment a light air came off from the land, by which the boats were so much assisted, that the Resolution soon got clear of all danger.

Our commander then ordered all the boats to assist the Adventure; but before they reached her, she was under sail with the land breeze, and in a little time joined her companion, leaving behind her three anchors, her coasting cable, and two hawsers, which were never recovered.