MAJOR SEMPLE LISLE. I95 



Went to Lieutenant Drummond's door, which 

 communicated with the Surgeon's cabin, and 

 which was fhut. After knocking and calling 

 1-epeatedIy on both thefe gentlemen, without 

 obtaining any anfwer, the door was at length 

 bpencd. The Steward, who had gone there to 

 Conceal himfelf, was the firft man I faw ; Lieu- 

 tenant Drummond was, I biuih to fay it^ under 

 the bed of the Surgeon, and pofitively refufed 

 taking any adtive part ; the Surgeon, a very 

 good and very yOung man, faid but little, but 

 I am confident, that had thofe whofe duty it 

 was, made preparations for refinance, he would 

 not have been backward. 



Juft then I heard the Captain calling me to 

 come to his afliftance; I went round to him im- 

 mediately, and found him laying in Minchin's 

 bed, into which he had thrown himfelf. The 

 bed flood uncommonly high, being more than 

 three feet from the deck, and under it I difco- 

 Vered, by the day-light which begun to appear^ 

 Ensign MiNCHiN, the CoiMMANDiNc Offi- 

 cer, with his wife. In forne fijch fituation, in- 

 deed, the knowledge I had of the man, and the 

 clamorous outcry of " Give them the ship ! 

 Give them the ship!" which he had repeat- 

 edly vociferated at the very beginning of the 

 confii(5l, taught me to look for him. 



The Captain defired me to place him in an 



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