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back my opinion with the wager of a guinea: 

 he laughed at my fceming ignorance; but he 

 was my dupe, and accepted my bet, propoling 

 to refer it to any perfon who had competent 

 ability to decide. This was all I wanted, and, 

 apparently with the greatefl: indifference, I pro- 

 pofed Mr. Black ; he was accordingly called 

 for, and allowed to infped: the charts and books : 

 I payed the lofs of my wager; and we thu's 

 were enabled to determine our diflance from 

 Rio Grandey and the courfe we had to fteer, of 

 which the mutineers feemed inclined to keep us 

 ignorant. We were compelled to get into the 

 boat one by one, after being previoufly fearch- 

 ed for money, contrary to the promife of the 

 mutineers; none, however, was found; but thty 

 had previoufly feized about a hundred dollars 

 which Minchin had to pay the foldiers, and 

 which was the property of government ; for 

 this they gave him a receipt for a hundred pounds,, 

 with a view of enabling him to recover that 

 amount from the State. He had fo little bag- 

 gage that he not only faved it all, but fucceeded 

 in getting fafely to fliore eighteen ivhole pieces of 

 printed cotton, and fome packages of Jlockings and 

 "uoomen's JhoeSy which Mr. Black had thrown 

 down in the cabin the day we were preparing to 

 embark. 



About half-paft fix in the evening wc left the 



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