PREFACE. v 



fudden tranfition from the moft difmal 

 to the gayeft fcenes in the univerfe, and 

 thereby indulging an egotifm equally 

 ofFenfive to the envious and cenforious. 



I fpeak as briefly as poflible of mat- 

 ters previous to our final feparation from 

 the reft of lord Anfon's fquadron ; for 

 it is from this epocha that the train of 

 our misfortunes properly commences : 

 and though Mr. Bulkeley, one of the 

 warrant officers of the Wager, has long 

 fince publiflied a Journal and Account 

 of the return of that part of the {hip's 

 company, which, difTenting from cap- 

 tain Cheap's propofal of endeavouring 

 to regain their native country by way of 

 the great continent of South America, 

 took their paflage home in the long-boar, 

 through the Streights of Magellan ; our 

 tranfaftions during our abode on the 

 ifland have been related by him in fo 

 concife a manner as to leave many par-. 



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