iowed Sir John Narborough's Voyage of 

 captain Cheap, by the application of Mr, 

 Bulkely, which book he faw me reading 

 one day in my tent, they, immediately 

 upon perilling it, concluded upon mak- 

 ing their voyage home by the Streights 

 of Magellan. This plan was propofcd to 

 the captain, who by no means approved 

 of it, his defign being to go northwards, 

 with a view of feizing a fhip of the ene- 

 my's, by which means he might join the 

 commodore : at prefent, therefore, here it 

 refted. But the men were in high fpi- 

 rits from the profpedl they had of get- 

 ting off in the long-boat, overlooking 

 all the difficulties and hazards of a voy- 

 age almoft impracticable, and careffing 

 the carpenter, who indeed was an excel- 

 lent workman, and deferved all the 

 encouragement they could give him. The 

 Indians having left us, and the weather 

 continuing tempeftuous and rainy, the 

 diftrefTesof the people, for want of food, 



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