of John Cockburn, <&c. 261 

 all the Time ; for as we were fick, and not 

 able to work, he would therefore fcarcely 

 allow us either Vi&uals or Drink; the 

 moft we could get of him, being now and 

 then a Bit of Jerked Beef, and half a Pint 

 of Water a Man every twenty-four Hours, 

 and this miferable Life we led till our Ar- 

 rival at Tanama, when he immediately de- 

 liver^ us up to the Garifon ; where being 

 taken to the Guard Room, we wrote a Let- 

 ter to the Gentlemen of the Engli/h Faftory? 

 w r ho immediately fent Mr. Turner , their But- 

 ler, and another Gentleman to us, with 

 Plenty of Provifions. When thefe returned 

 and made our Cafe known to the Prefident 

 Mr. John/on, he again fent to let us know ? 

 that we Ihould go with the firft Mules that 

 went to the Town of Chagre y and that he 

 believed the Mules would fet out for tha^ 

 Town in three Days, and that there we 

 ihould meet with a Sloop that would take 

 us to Torto-hel, where we might embark for 

 England. Accordingly, on the third Day, 

 the Mules fet out, and we with them, and 

 in three Days after, we came to the River of 



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