of is excellent, as they laft a prodigious 

 time ; for they aflured us that the veffel 

 \ve were then in had been built above 

 forty years. The captain was a Spani- 

 ard, and knew not the leaft of fea affairs ; 

 the fecond captain, or mailer, the boat- 

 fwain, and his mate, were all three 

 Frenchmen, and very good feamen ; the 

 pilot was a Mulatto, and all the reft of the 

 crew were Indians and Negroes. The 

 latter were all ilaves and ftout fellows ; 

 but never fuffered to go aloft, left they 

 fliould fall overboard, and the owners 

 lofe fo much money by it. The Indians 

 were active, brifk men, and very good 

 feamen for that climate. We had on 

 board the head of the jefuits as pallenger. 

 He and captain Cheap v/ere admitted 

 into the great cabin, and mefled with the 

 captain and his chaplain. As for us, 

 we were obliged to ruff it the whole paf- 

 fage ; that is, when we were tired we 

 lay down upon the quarter-deck, in the 



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