felves, without determining upon any 

 plan whatever. For my own part, feeing 

 it was the fafliion, and liking none of 

 their parties, I built a little hut juft big 

 enough for myfelf and a poor Indian dog 

 I found in the woods, who could fhift 

 for himfelf along fliore, at low water, 

 by getting limpets. This creature grew 

 fo fond of me and faithful, that he 

 would fuffer nobody to come near the 

 hut without biting them. Befides thofe 

 feceders I mentioned, fome laid a fcheme 

 of deferring us entirely : thefe were in 

 number ten ; the greateft part of them a 

 moft defperate and abandoned crew, who, 

 to ftrike a notable ftroke before they went 

 off, placed half a barrel of gunpowder 

 .clofe to the' captain's hut, laid a train to it, 

 and were juft preparing to perpetrate 

 their wicked defign of blowing up their 

 commander, when they were with diffi- 

 culty difluaded from it by one who had 

 fome bowels and remorfe of confcience 



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