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left in him. Thefe wretches, after ram- 

 bling fome time in the woods, and find- 

 ing it impracticable to get off, for they 

 were then convinced that we were not 

 upon the main, as they had imagined 

 when they firft left us, but upon an 

 ifland within four or five leagues of it, 

 returned and fettled about a league from 

 us ; however, they were ftill determined, 

 as foon as they could procure craft fit 

 for their purpofe, to get to the main. 

 But before they could effecft this, we 

 found means to prevail upon the ar- 

 mourer and one of the carpenter's 

 crew, two very ufeful men to us, who 

 had imprudently joined them, to come 

 over again to their duty. The reft, (one 

 or two excepted) having built a punt, 

 and converted the hull of one of the 

 fhip's mails into a canoe, went away 

 up one of the Lagoons, arid never were 

 heard of more. 



Thefe being a defperate and factious 



fet, 



