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ant, and a hundred and eleven discharged fisher- 

 men, exclusive of the ship's company, consisting 

 of ten men; making in the whole a hundred and 

 twenty-four. We laid in for our own use, two 

 live sheep, several head of poultry, plenty of veg- 

 etables, and good store of every other article 

 which we thought requisite for our passage to 

 England. Nothing material happened, till Sun- 

 day the twenty second, when a hard gale of wind 

 came on; however, we bore the violence of it tol- 

 erably well till ten o'clock the next night, when 

 our boltsprit was carried away. This was soon 

 followed with the loss of the fore-mast, and main- 

 mast; the tiller went next; two of the deadlights 

 were beat out; the tafrael carried away; some 

 casks of water, coals, and in short everything 

 washed off the quarter-deck; our sheep were 

 drowned in the long-boat; and our poultry, to- 

 gether with all our vegetables, except the pota- 

 toes which were in the cabin, were washed over- 

 board. The wreck of the bolt-sprit and fore-mast, 

 ])}■ the lee rigging not being cut, still hung to us; 

 and, the vessel being forced over them, they kept 

 beating under the bottom for seven hours: when, 

 by the spirited exertions of the mate, they were 

 cut away. Never did 1 experience sucli a niglit ; 

 the sea ran incredibly iiigh; it blew most tremen- 

 dously; we expected, that the sea would have beat 

 the vessel to pier-es, and feared every instant, that 

 she would ))(' ])ulged by the wreck, and sink with 

 us. At length day-li^ht fame. }»ut it still con- 

 tinned tn blow so baiwl, tli;it iiolliini:; more could 



