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put on board in his absence, but he absolutely refused 

 to return till the soldier was removed : the officer then 

 proceeded to enforce the Viceroy's orders ; he seized 

 all the boat's crew, and sent them under an armed 

 force to prison, putting Mr. Hicks, at the same time, 

 into one of their own boats, and sending him under 

 a guard back to the ship. As soon as he had reported 

 these particulars, I wrote again to the Viceroy, de- 

 manding my boat and crew, and in my letter inclosed 

 the memorial which he had refused to receive from 

 Mr. Hicks : these papers I sent by a petty officer, 

 that I might wave the dispute about a guard, against 

 which I had never objected except when there was a 

 commissioned officer on board the boat. The petty 

 officer was permitted to go on shore with his guard, 

 and, having delivered his letter, was told that an an- 

 swer would be sent the next day. 



About eight o'clock this evening it began to blow 

 very hard in sudden gusts from the south, and our 

 long-boat coming on board just at this time with 

 four pipes of rum, the rope which was thrown to her 

 from the ship, and which was taken hold of by the 

 people on board, unfortunately broke, and the boat, 

 which had come to the ship before the wind, went 

 adrift to windward of her, with a small skiff of Mr. 

 Banks's that was fastened to her stern. This was a 

 great misfortune, as the pinnace being detained on 

 shore, we had no boat on board but a four-oared 

 yawl : the yawl, however, was immediately manned 

 and sent to her assistance ; but, notwithstanding the 

 utmost effort of the people in both boats, they were 

 very soon out of sight : far, indeed, we could not see at 

 that time in the evening, but the distance was enough 

 to convince us that they were not under command, 

 which gave us great uneasiness, as we knew they 

 must drive directly upon a reef of rocks which ran 

 out just to leeward of where we lay : after waiting 

 some hours in the utmost anxiety, we gave them over 

 for losts but, about three o'clock the next morning. 



