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could be all the more thankful not only for our rescue from the 

 most imminent perils of the sea but also for our preservation on 

 this barren island in view of our miserable arrival there in No- 

 vember, 1741, and the wonderful manner in which Providence 

 nourished us there not only but strengthened us greatly also and 

 in spite of the prodigious labor made us increasingly well and 

 hardened us more and more. 



