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Companions, I never saw them afterwards, nor any 

 Sign of them, except three of their Hats, one Cap, 

 and two Shoes that were not Fellows." And the next 

 morning: "I cast my Eyes to the stranded Vessel, 

 where the Beach and the Froth of the Sea being so 

 big that I could hardly see it, it lay so far off, and 

 considered : ' Lord, how was it possible I could get on 

 Shore ? ' . . . But that which surprised me most was, 

 that the Ship was lifted up in the Night, from the 

 Place where She lay, by the swelling of the Tyde, and 

 was driven far up ! . . . This being within a Mile of 

 the Shore where I was, and the Ship seeming to stand 

 upright still, I wish'd myself on Board, that I might 

 have some necessary Things for use ; and a little after 

 Noon I found the Sea so calm and the Tyde ebb'd so 

 far out, that I could come within a quarter of a Mile 

 of the Ship ... so I puU'd off my Cloathes, for the 

 Weather was hot to extremity, and took to the 

 Water." 



Then followed his plundering of the ship and 

 his subsequent adventures ; but I cite this much only 

 in confirmation of the correctness of the narrative, as 

 shown in the local features of the locality in which the 

 wreck is assumed to have occurred. The stranding 

 of the " Jane Milloy " was wholly fortuitous in its cor- 

 roboration of the correctness of the story ; but it was 

 an event that actually occurred, in April, 1878, and I 

 am constrained to cite it to prove the verity of my 

 own narration. It happened also while I was in the 

 island of Tobago, as may be verified by reference to 

 the records of the local government. 



