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but are reftored to life by degrees, when it is 

 fuffered flowly to enter again. 



We durft not, however, flatter ourfelves with 

 being able to make cape Francois, which lay 

 to the windward, but we could not mifs Port de 

 paixy or at lean: Leogane ; and after the extreme 

 danger we had jufl efcaped, we thought our- 

 felves very lucky, provided we could get into 

 any harbour. At mid-night, we had a pretty 

 violent gale of wind at fouth, but of fhort du- 

 ration ; and next day about nine o'clock in the 

 morning, we perceived the land of St. Domin- 

 go, but could not diftinguifh what part it was 

 all that day, it being very foggy. A vefTel, which 

 we reckoned from her appearance might be a pri- 

 vateer, took us up good part of the afternoon ; 

 we prepared feriouOy for an engagement, or ra- 

 ther to defend ourfelves in cafe we mould be at- 

 tacked ; for we did not change our courfe to give 

 chace. 



At laft we difcovered, (lie was only a fmall 

 vefiel, a hundred and fifty tons burthen at moft, 

 and was probably more afraid of us. By her 

 courfe we imagined (he had come out of Cape 

 Francois, and feemed to be deep loaded. The 

 whole night we made tacks to the north-eaft, 

 with a litcle variation, which gained us ground, 

 and as foon as it was day, we perceived to 

 our great joy, that we were to the windward 

 of cape Francois. We had a full view of it, 

 and were almoft clofe in with it, but there was 

 fo little wind, that we could not get in be- 

 fore the firit of September, at four o'clock in 



the 



