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note, with an order to imprison them if they 

 gave me any trouble, and to show his re- 

 gard for Messrs. Bainbridge & Brown, he 

 sent me a general Passport gratis, to travel 

 in all parts of the world as a Spanish sub- 

 ject. In the meantime I shipped a mate 

 and as many men to come on board the day 

 I sailed, and just as I was dispatching the 

 Brig, the villains came aboard to go the 

 voyage. I turned them all into their boats, 

 though they begged with all submission to 

 go, but I had my complement, conse- 

 quently they were left behind and knew 

 that I did not go down in my Brig. I had 

 by three o'clock no less than four or five 

 lawyer's letters in the house for me, but I 

 left them there and proceeded for Graves- 

 end, and it being Sunday, I went down the 

 river, touched at Portsmouth, lay two days, 

 found four Indiamen and a fleet of mer- 

 chants' vessels ready to sail. I joined their 

 convoy and kept with them till I saw Ma- 

 deira, when I hauled off for the Westward. 

 I ran down the trades and arrived at Trini- 



