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RETURN TO ENGLAND. 



to her own country, we took the crew on board 

 the Brutus, nine persons; they were in most 

 woeful plight ; some lame, others nearly naked, 

 and all of them half starved with cold and hunger. 

 The vessel had sprung a leak, which increased 

 so rapidly, as to oblige them to retreat from the 

 deck into the foretop, where they had been for 

 three days and two nights, almost destitute of 

 provisions. 



We arrived safe off Falmouth on the 20th of 

 May. Here the supercargo and myself landed, 

 and proceeded to London. 



