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were, therefore, stopped fourteen days to 

 get ballast, a delay which injured our 

 horses very much, besides wasting our 

 water and other provisions. One man 

 now became sick, and we sent him back. 

 No sooner had we got to sea, than one of 

 the king's boats boarded us, and pressed 

 our other servant : then I had sixteen 

 horses, nine cattle, and thirteen pigs, to feed 

 and pump water for, to clean the dirt from, 

 &c. ; with the assistance of one son, only 

 twelve years of age : my other son and the 

 rest of the family were all sick. We were 

 twelve weeks in our passage, and in that 

 time lost eleven horses, in which number 

 was Phenomenon j the cattle and eleven 

 hogs arrived safe. 



The speculation of the books answered 

 very well ; as also did the horses, cattle, and 

 hogs, beyond my expectation : had it not 



