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in the meridian of Bombay, and continued his courfe to the 

 Ibuthward as far as the tenth degree, and then was enabled to 

 go as far to the eaftward as the meridian of Atcheen head, the 

 N. W. extremity of Sumatra^ from whence, with the N. E. 

 monfoon, which then prevaled in tlie bay of Bengal, he could 

 with eafe gain the entrance of the Ganges, or any port on the 

 Coromanckl coaft. 



In the beginning of this narrative it was mentioned, Sir Wil- 

 liam had fufFered fliipwreck. The uncommon hardlhips he 

 and his people encountered were as follows : — After they were 

 releafed from the SpaniJJj prifon at the Hai'annah, they em- 

 barked in a fmall brig for Carolina. The crew of the brig, and 

 Sir William and his people, amounted to fifteen. The fecond 

 day after putting to fea, a very hard gale of wind came on ; the 

 velfcl ftrained, and foon became fo leaky, that the pumps and 

 the people bailing could not keep her free ; and at length, be- 

 ing worn out with labor, feven of them, with Sir William, got 

 into the only boat they had, with a fmall bag of bifcuit ami a 

 keg of water ; the veiTel foon after difappeared, and went down.. 

 They were twenty days in this boat withoiit a compafs ; their 

 bifcuit foon got wet with the fea, which for two days made a 

 breach over the boat ; a fnuff-box Sir William had v/ith him 

 ferved to diftribute their daily allowance of water ; and after 

 encountering every difficulty of famine and fevere labor, on 

 the twentieth day they found themfelves on the iiland of Cuba, 

 not ten miles from whence they had been embarked out of a 

 Spanifb prifon : but a prifon had no horrors to them. The Spa- 

 niards received them once more into captivity; and it is remark- 

 able,. 



