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cruised about the Pacific, both on the American coast and in the East 

 Indies, till May 4th, 1688, when, wearying of his wretched mode of 

 life, he abandoned it at the Nicobar Islands and arrived at Atcheen, 



CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAMP1EK. 



in Sumatra, in June. He afterward went to Tonquin, and returned 

 to Atcheen in April, 1689. On January 25th, 1691, he set sail for 

 England, and reached London September 16th, after an absence of 

 twelve and a half years. He told his marvellous story in a book 



