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at his misfortune of being thus made a Piifoner, 

 fore enough againfl his will ; for he fhed many- 

 Tears crying aloud, made llrange inarticulate 

 noifes, fomctimes uttering what they thought 

 might be a guttural unintelligible Language, ab- 

 folutely refufed all manner of fultenance both as 

 to Meats and Drinks, which they offered him^ 

 lived two or three days, and then died in much 

 feeming grief : His body they threw into the Sea, 

 but brought away home with them the Canoe 

 and the Paddle, as well as his Garment which 

 covered all the upper part of his Body except his 

 Hands and Face, and was of a black colour that 

 fliined like black Oyl-fkin ; and caufing this Effi- 

 gies to be made in refemblance of the bonny Boat- 

 man, put up the whole, as a moft fingular Rari- 

 ty, in the Hall of T'nnity Houfe^ where I faw it % 

 I had almofl forgot to acquaint you. That the 

 Effigies had a pretty large Bag hanging at its 

 right Side which was taken fo on the bonny 

 Boatman, and in which he kept a Liquor (faid 

 the Sailors) that would give him fufficient light 

 whenever he dived, which he frequently did. 

 Canoe and all together : But this I want faith to 

 believe. In fliort ^ my own ferious opinion of the 

 matter is, That the Gj-eenhnd Ship might be 

 pretty near fome part of the Weftern Goafl of 

 Iceland^ though not able to fee it for Fogs or 

 Hazinefs of Weather, and that the bonny Boat- 



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