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^ne trunk. During the afternoon our baggage 

 wats fearched, when I found means to conceal 

 in fome foap a confiderable fum in gold : when 

 they had taken from us every thing they fan- 

 cied, they gave us fome provifions, and we 

 were fufFered to embark. 



Previous to our embarkation I had obtained 

 tL tolerable opportunity of afcertaining where 

 we were, by the following ftratagem :' The mu- 

 tineers, not fufpedi ng that a foldier knew any 

 thing of navigation, had permitted me to fee 

 them work their * day's works for determining 

 the fhip's place ; but though I knew fomcthing 

 of the fciencey I wifhed to have the opinion of 

 a better judge than myfelf. Mr. Black, b^ing 

 an incomparable navigator, was the perfon I 

 wifhed to confulc ; but ihere arofe a coniidera- 

 ble difficulty in acco.mplifhing my defign, as the 

 mutineers were not very willing that he Ihould 

 fee the fliip's log-book, or the chart of the coaft"^ 

 on which they had traced her route. 



One of the chief mutineers,, named Thomeoy 

 who was the bcfl navigator among them, fhew- 

 td me the chart as ufuaJ, and pointed out to 

 fne the fituation of the fhip, in which I pre- 

 tended to differ from him, jocularly offering to 



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■* A term ufed for the calculations everf day made to detci' 

 mine the (hip's place. 



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