fo near together, and a moft dangerous 

 place for rocks. It was then concluded 

 we were to the eaft ward, and accordingly 

 we fteered S. W. by \V. but having run 

 this courfe for above thirty leagues, and 

 no land appearing, it was refolved to 

 ftand to the northward till we fhould 

 gain the latitude of Porto Rico, and on 

 the 4th in the evening we made that 

 ifland ; fo that it was now certain the 

 ftiip had been huftled through the Gra- 

 nadillos in the night, which was, with- 

 out doubt, as extraordinary a paflage as 

 ever (hip made. It was now refolved to 

 go between the iflands of Porto Rico 

 and St. Domingo for Cape Francois, 

 therefore we lay to that night. In the 

 morning, we made fail along fhore ; and 

 about ten o'clock, as I was walking the 

 quarter-deck, captain Cheap came out of 

 the cabin, and told me he had juft feen 

 a beef-barrel go by the Ihip ; that he 



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