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CHAP. 11. 



Various Refrepoments procured at Guemfey. — Leave that 

 Place^ and proceed 07t the Voyage. — Remarkable Rock at 

 the Eaji End of Madeira. — Lay-to in Funchal Bay^ 

 whilfi Difpatches are fent 07i hoard one of his Majefly s 

 Ships. — Bofiavifa. — Mayo. — Sal. — Arrival at St. fa- 

 go. — Occurrences there. — Refrejhments to be met with. — 

 Departure froftt thej^ce. — Precautions againfi the Rain 

 and fultry Weather near the Equator. — Fortunate Pre- 

 fervation of a Boy who fell over-board. — Pafs a vafi 

 Quantity of Shrimp Spawn^^ — Arrival at Port Egmont. 

 — Falkland's IJlands. 



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S it was the intention of our owners to have the fame 

 quantity of fpirits daily ferved out to the fhips com- 

 '785- panies as is cuftomary on board his Majefty's vefTels, our 

 principal bufinefs at Guernfey was to procure a proper fup- 

 ply of liquor for that purpofe ; accordingly we received on 

 board a coniiderable quantity of fpirits, together w^ith 

 Port wine and cyder ; various (lores were at the fame time 

 taken from my veffel, and put on board the Queen Char- 

 lotte. Thefe different employments engaged the whole 

 Saturday 24. of our time till the afternoon of the 24th, when all hands 

 were bulled in getting ready for fea. 



Sunday 25. At fivc o'clock. in tlic moming of the 25th a breeze 

 fprung up at South Eaft, and foon afterwards the pilot came 

 onboard ; at eight we unmoored and got ready to heave a-headj 



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