214 THE LIFE OF 



in every direction, ourquarter-cloaths were torn 

 away, and the boat was filling with water. Mr. 

 Drummond, fuppoling that nothing could fave 

 us but lightening her, called out to throw the 

 trunks overboard, and delired me to drive thofe 

 forward who v/ere abaft. . Mr. Murchifon (the 

 Mate} with that manly promptnefs and libe- 

 rality which he never fails to difplay, fet the 

 example with his own trunk ; the baggage was 

 thrown overboard without diftindion till we 

 fufficiently lightened our vcf^d^ and thus to his 

 and Mr. Drummond's fkill and activity we are 

 indebted for our exigence. Having" palTed the 

 lirft range of breakers, and finding ourfclves in 

 much fmoother water, but ftill with breakers 

 between us and the fnore, we came to an anchor, 

 and hoifted an Englifh jack at the mail head ; 

 but this the violence of the wind compelled us 

 to lower the moment it was hoifled. We were, 

 however, perceived by the fignal-houfe at the 

 mouth of the river, which anfvvered us with a 

 Portuguefe flag, and by the help of a glafs we 

 could fee a boat coming towards us ; but find- 

 ing we were fafl driving ro fome breakers which 

 lay between us and a point of land that runs out 

 into the fca, we again got under fail and flood 

 for the river. 



•Providence di reded us to the right channel, 

 and we met the boat very near the fhore. The 



Mafter 



