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ever, our ftomachs were far from loatfo- 

 ing. The next bufmefs which the peo- 

 ple fet about very ferioufly, was to pro- 

 ceed to Mount Mifery, and bury the 

 corpfeof the murdered perfon, mentioned 

 to have been difcovered there fome little 

 time after our being caft away j for to 

 the negledl of this neceflary tribute to 

 that unfortunate perfon, the men af- 

 figned all their ill fuccefs upon the late 

 expedition. 



That common people in general are 

 addifted to fuperftitious conceits, is an 

 cbfervation founded on experience ; and 

 the reafon is evident: but I cannot al- 

 low that common feamen are more fo 

 than others of the lower clafs. In the 

 moft enlightened ages of antiquity, we 

 find it to have been the popular opinion, 

 that the fpirits of the dead were not at 

 reft till their bodies were interred ; and 

 that they did not ceafe to haunt and 



trouble thofe who had negledted this 



duty 



