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fland cur fire, fhe was obliged to retire, and we 

 were lucky enough to have nobody killed or 

 wounded on board ; our fhip was fhot through, 

 and our fails and rigging fo much damaged, that 

 we were obliged to put up new ones in their 

 Head. 



During the fight, we were expofcd to a great 

 danger, the wind fending back feme burning 

 oakum into our fhip, it fet fire to a box of car- 

 tridges on the quarter-deck ; but happily it did 

 not communicate to the powder-room, which 

 would have blown us up. 



The wind continued contrary to us, and we 

 were in the open fea, without knowing when we 

 fhould be able to touch any where. Every day 

 the danger of Harvin.o; to death became more and 

 more vifible, being already reduced to the fourth 

 part of our allowance. We held a council, in 

 which we rtfolved to attack the firft Ihip of the 

 enemy which we ihould meet with, or to make 

 a defcent upon the coaft of Nezv England, we 

 being juft oppofite that province, in order to get 

 provifions, or die fword in hand. The under- 

 taking was bold, and 1 may fay defperate, but 

 our proverb fays. Hunger drives the wolf out of 

 the wood * i we were come to that extremity, 



when, 



''~ La /aim chajjl le loup hors du hois. 



