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being not unlike a blow of a heavy 

 fea, fuch as in the feries of preceding 

 ftorms we had often experienced, was 

 taken for the fame ; but we were foon 

 undeceived by her ftriking again more 

 violently than before, which laid her 

 upon her beam ends, the fea making a 

 fair breach over her. Every perfon that 

 now could ftir was prefently upon the 

 quarter deck ^ and many even of thofe 

 were alert upon this occafion, that 

 had not fhewed their faces upon deck 

 for above two months before: feveral 

 poor wretches, who were in the laft ftagc 

 of the fcurvy, and who could not get 

 out of their hammocks, were immedi- 



s. 



ately drowned. 



In this dreadful fituation (lie lay for 

 fome little time, every foul on board 

 looking upon the prefent minute as his 

 laft 5 for there was nothing to be feen 

 but breakers all around us. However, 

 a mountainous fea hove her off from 



thence ; 



