i 2 The Diflrejfes and Adventures 

 Prefervation of us all ; but as to the reft, 

 they were moft of them wounded, and all 

 incapacitated for defperate Undertakings, 

 nor thought of any Thing but that they 

 fhould die there. Then he and I agreed 

 to go to the Northern Part of the Ifland, 

 and after a Walk of about fix Hours, we 

 came to a Point of Land, which ran pretty 

 far into the Sea ; the Water between this 

 Place and the Continent is very full of Alli- 

 gators, and about a Spanifh Mile over. He 

 faid, if it was poffible for us to fwim to the 

 main Land, he knew feveral Gentlemen of 

 Fortune there (meaning Pirates who com- 

 monly make that Place their general Ren- 

 dezvous) and that it was moft likely we 

 might get a Canoe of them, to tranfport 

 the reft of my Ship Mates over. We were not 

 long before we came to a Refolution ; and 

 fo taking each other by the Hand we leapt 

 into the Water, and fwam away ftoutly. 

 We had not gone far before I very narrow- 

 ly efcaped having my Leg bit off by an 

 Alligator, but by the AlTiftance of divine 

 Providence, we got fafe on the other Shore, 

 Being thus landed at a Place called Porto Ca- 

 vello in the Latitude of about 1 6 N? he led me 



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