ward ; and, indeed, at the bell of times, 

 the fliip never went above fix knots j for 

 fhe was a heavy-going thing. On the 

 2 7 th of May we croffed the line ; when 

 finding that our water was grown ex* 

 tremely ftiort, and that it would be al- 

 moft impoflible to reach Europe without 

 a fupply, it was refolved to bear away 

 for Martinico. On the 29th of June, 

 in the morning, we made the ifland of 

 Tobago, and then fhaped a courfe for 

 Martinico ; and on the firft of July, by 

 our reckonings, expected to fee it, but 

 were difappointed. This was imputed 

 to the currents, which, whether they had 

 fet the fliip to the eaftward or weftward, 

 nobody could tell ; but upon looking 

 over the charts, it was imagined, if the 

 current had driven her to the weftward, 

 it muft have been among the Grana- 

 dillos, which was thought impoflible 

 without feeing any of them, as they are 



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