of John Cockburn, &cl 2 1 5 



£0 my Back, left they fliould be wafli'd away 

 as before, and committed myfelf to the Sea, 

 and fvvam from Rock to Rock, till I was 

 almoft Ipent, and often near drowning by 

 Means of my Nets. I was four Hours, as 

 I computed by the Sun, in getting round 

 this difmal Point, after which I came on a 

 deep landy Bay; on the other Side of which 

 about ten Leagues off, was another great 

 Point, which ran as far into the Sea as that I 

 had lately paft. From this Bay I came on 

 a fine Strand, but could find no Coco Nuts, 

 nor any Thing to fatisfy Hunger. 



At this Time I was not only extremely 

 weak thro' want of Food, but was alfo very 

 much bruifed and cut, by being beat and 

 daflied againft the fharp Edges of the Rocks i 

 but as God Almighty had been thus gra- 

 cioufly pleafed to preferve my Life, I now 

 had ftrong Confidence, that he would not 

 fuffer me to die after all, for want of Nouriih- 

 ment. Then I called to Mind in what Man- 

 ner I had feen the Turtles lay their Eggs ; 

 but as I knew there was no finding them, 

 out by any Marks on the Sand, 1 got a long 

 Stick and ftruck in into it, in feverai Places^ 



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