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Mac-— without confidering whether or not 

 it was fit for his purpofe, impulfively ran down 

 and jumped into it — calling to the men to 

 take him to the Lord Sheffield ! This they 

 obferved was impoffible, for, even if they had 

 time to reach her, which they had not, their 

 boat could not live fo far out at fea, as where the 

 fhip would be before they could come up with 

 her. — This was a fad blow to his revived ex- 

 pectations, and he preffed the men to engage 

 in the attempt, making them great offers of 

 reward, but they were inflexible, and advifed 

 him, as his only chance, to wait until a lugger, 

 or fome larger boat with fails fhould come in* 



The poor cow (till lay quietly mafticating 

 her food upon the fands, and Mac — in great 

 fatigue and all the chagrin of difappointment, 

 fat himfelf down, lefs patiently, to ruminate 

 a more bitter cud. 



Other fmall boats arrived, but the men 

 who came in them offered the fame obje&ions 

 as the former, and but little encouraged the 

 faint hope of even a lugger being able to come 

 up with the fleet j fo rapidly were the fliips 

 getting out to fea. 



