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three sail more appeared in sight to windward, one 

 of which shewed English colours. 



At one P.M. the boat returned from on board the 

 Bownkerke Polder, Captain Cornelius Bosch, a Dutch 

 Indiaman from Bengal. Captain Bosch, very ob- 

 ligingly, offered us sugar, arrack, and whatever he 

 had to spare. Our people were told by some English 

 seamen on board this ship, that the Adventure had 

 arrived at the Cape of Good Hope twelve months 

 ago, and that the crew of one of her boats had been 

 murdered and eaten by the people of New Zealand ; 

 so that the story which we heard in Queen Charlotte's 

 Sound was now no longer a mystery. 



We had light airs, next to a calm, till ten o'clock 

 the next morning, when a breeze sprung up at west, 

 and the English ship, which was to windward, bore 

 down to us. She proved to be the True Briton, Cap- 

 tain Broadly, from China. As he did not intend to 

 touch at the Cape, I put a letter on board him for 

 the Secretary of the Admiralty. 



The account which we had heard of the Adven- 

 ture was now confirmed to us by this ship. We also 

 got, from on board her, a parcel of old newspapers, 

 which were new to us, and gave us some amusement; 

 but these were the least favours we received from 

 Captain Broadly. With a generosity peculiar to the 

 commanders of the India Company's ships, he sent 

 us fresh provisions, tea, and other articles, which 

 were very acceptable ; and deserve from me this pub- 

 lic acknowledgment. In the afternoon we parted 

 company. The True Briton stood out to sea, and 

 we in for the land ; having a fresh gale at west, which 

 split our fore top-sail in such a manner, that we w 7 ere 

 obliged to bring another to the yard. At six o'clock 

 we tacked within four or five miles of the shore; and, 

 as we judged, about five or six leagues to the east of 

 Cape Aguilas. We stood off till midnight, when, 

 the wind having veered round to the south, we tacked, 

 and stood along-shore to the west. The wind kept 



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