of John Cockburn, &c. 25 

 having left us as icon as we firft entered 

 that Town. But, however, to make them- 

 felves fome fmall amends for their Trouble, 

 they thought fit to ftrip Mr. Rounce of his 

 bloody Shirt at parting. The lame Even- 

 ing we came to St. Peter's, a Spanifi Town, 

 and were carried before the Deputy-Gover- 

 nor, who, after asking us fome Qu eft ions, faid 

 he fhould be obliged to commit us to Prifon 

 till he could fend to the Governor of Co- 

 maycigua, to know what he fhould do with 

 us. The only Favour we entreated of him, 

 was, that he would give us fomething to 

 eat; upon which, he faid, he would fuf- 

 fer one of us to go about the Town to 

 collect Charity for the reft. This Office I 

 was obliged to take upon me, becaufe there 

 was none of our Company befides, that 

 could fpeak a Word of Spanijb. The firft 

 Expedition I made this Way, I got fome 

 Plantains and the Head of a Buftaloe, 

 with which I hafted to my Fellow-Sufferers, 

 whom I found in Prifon, lying on the 

 Ground among ftrange Sorts of Vermine, and 

 making bitter Complaints of their Wounds, 

 J'homas Whitehead died the next Day, 



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